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lot # 1232 - united states postage stamps 1851 1¢-3¢ issues
1851, 1¢ blue, type I. Position 7R1E, fresh and bright with extra large margins including bit of adjacent stamp visible at right, beautiful color, neat large Boston "Paid" grid cancels and partial red Boston cds; vertical crease ending in small paper break at top, otherwise Extremely Fine, ex-Meilstrup, Serota, with 2011 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 5; $75,000.
A REMARKABLE FOUR MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 1¢ TYPE I IMPERFORATE, CLEARLY SHOWCASING ALL THE TYPE I CHARACTERISTICS.
This stamp was originally sold in 1965 as part of a strip of three, position 6-8R1E, on cover. It is Wagshal census number 5-CAN-009. Position 7R1e is the only position on any of the 1¢ Imperforate plates to show the true Type I with the complete design as it existed on the original die.
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