**Plates Eleven (Imprint, Straddle Pane and Centerline Examples, Scott 20, 22)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1416		1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (22). Positions 31/41L11, A/B Reliefs, vertical pair with "TOPPAN CARPENTER" portion of imprint and complete "No. 11" plate number at left, original gum, h.r., rich color, detailed impression, top stamp horizontal crease VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF A PLATE ELEVEN STAMP SHOWING EITHER THE IMPRINT OR THE PLATE NUMBER. ONE OF THE KEYS TO A SPECIALIZED COLLECTION OF TOPPAN CARPENTER'S 1851-57 ISSUE. For Plates 11 and 12, the style and placement of the imprint was altered from previous 1c plates. The Second Type imprint with negative lettering and "Toppan Carpenter & Co." was first used in June 1860 on the 12c Plate 3, followed shortly after by its use on the 30c and 90c plates made during the summer of 1860. Its next use was on the 1c Plate 11, probably toward the end of 1860. Casilear's name, which appeared in the imprint on earlier plates, even after he had retired, was omitted from the new Second Type imprint. The use of this imprint and the reversion to a 3-relief transfer roll (and absence of significant relief trimming) have led specialists to theorize that Plates 11 and 12 were made by different engravers than the ones who made Plates 4 through 10. For Plate 11, no imprint copies or plate number copies are known from the right pane of the plate. Neinken notes that the discovery of this left-pane pair proved that the imprint used on Plate 12 was also used on Plate 11. This pair also confirmed much of the earlier plating work, because it tied various positions to the two stamps in this pair, which have the "No. 11" plate number. Ex Neinken and illustrated in bis book (p. 479). (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 4,000-5,000 SOLD for $9,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
1417		1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (22). Plate 11, B Relief with straddle-pane margin and centerline at left, rich color, Jumbo margins, face-free circular datestamp, Very Fine, with 1991 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	575.00 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1418		1c Blue, Ty. II (20). Position 1R11, T Relief, with straddle-pane margin and centerline at left, double transfer, pretty shade, neat strike of "Portland Me. 22 Jul. 1861" double-circle datestamp, well-balanced margins, Extremely Fine, a very scarce top-row T Relief stamp from Plate 11, this relief produced entries on the plate with the complete design at top, it was used only for the top row of Plate 11, Neinken notes "none of the plates furnished finer examples of [Type II] than those from the top row of Plate 11", ex Ishikawa, with 1984 P.F. certificate, listed but unpriced in Scott with the double transfer, Scott Retail as normal (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	750.00 SOLD for $950.00 Will close during Public Auction

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