EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE UNUSED CENTERLINE MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE 1855 10-CENT TYPE I.
Ex Geisler. With 1987 P.F. certificate
FINE APPEARANCE. A SCARCE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1855 10-CENT IMPERFORATE TYPE I.
Type I stamps come only from the bottom 20 positions of the plate. They are the only stamps to show the design complete at bottom. For some reason the sheet margin at bottom was often trimmed away, leaving a dearth of examples that show the full type-defining shells.
With 2020 P.F. certificate
VERY FINE AND CHOICE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1855 10-CENT TYPE IV. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL CLASSIC UNITED STATES STAMPS IN UNUSED CONDITION.
10c 1855 Type IV stamps are defined by the recut of one or both outer lines at the top or bottom of the design. Type IV stamps come from only seven scattered positions on the left pane and one position on the right pane of Plate 1. Therefore, only 4% of the stamps from Plate 1 are Type IV.
With 2019 P.S.E. certificate (VF 80; SMQ $15,000.00). Only two unused Scott 16s are graded in the P.S.E. Population Report. The other is XF 90 with original gum
EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT TYPE IV 1855 ISSUE.
10c 1855 Type IV stamps are defined by the recut of one or both outer lines at the top or bottom of the design. Type IV stamps come from only seven scattered positions on the left pane and one position on the right pane of Plate 1. Therefore, only 4% of the stamps from Plate 1 are Type IV. Most surviving unused example tend to have margins either close or into the design. The example offered here, with four huge margins, is a great rarity.
With 2015 P.F. certificate
EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1855 10-CENT TYPE IV IMPERFORATE, CANCELLED IN RED.
With 2005 P.F. certificate
EXTREMELY FINE LARGE-MARGINED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1855 TYPE IV
A beautiful stamp
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A GORGEOUS LARGE-MARGINED USED EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE, GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E.
With 2000 P.F. and 2020 P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98; SMQ $2,750.00)