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**One-Cent 1851 Issue – Plate One Early (Scott 5-8A)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
83		1c Blue, Ty. I (5). Position 7R1E, full top margin showing complete design, clear to ample at sides and bottom just barely into plumes, bright early shade and impression, lightly cancelled by black grid, faint vertical crease at left VERY FINE APPEARANCE. POSITION 7R1E -- THE SEVENTH STAMP IN THE RIGHT PANE OF PLATE 1 EARLY -- IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE 1,000 POSITIONS USED TO PRINT IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT STAMPS THAT SHOWS THE COMPLETE DESIGN (TYPE I). A GREAT RARITY. The published census compiled by Jerome S. Wagshal contains at least 98 unduplicated records of Scott 5. There are probably no more than ten examples existing outside of the Wagshal census population. Therefore, the 1c 1851 Type I is the rarest of all United States stamps issued regularly prior to the 1868 Grills. An interesting anecdote about this stamp is contained in the Wagshal 7R1E census book. The stamp was acquired by Clifford C. Cole circa 1966 from a dealer's stock, where it was misidentified as Scott No. 7. Mr. Cole informed the dealer and they agreed on a compromise price. Wagshal Census No. 5-CAN-17. Ex Cole and Smith. With 1967 and 1995 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	80,000.00 SOLD for $27,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
84		1c Blue, Ty. I (5). Position 7R1E, bright shade, ample side margins but cut in at top and bottom, leaving the Type I characteristics to the imagination, lightly cancelled by blue town datestamp, sound THE IDEAL STAMP FOR THE COLLECTOR WHO NEEDS SCOTT 5 FOR COMPLETION BUT DOES NOT CARE TO SPEND A FORTUNE ON AN EXAMPLE WITH MARGINS ALL AROUND. Ashbrook pencil note on back "Plate One Ear(ly), 7R1E This Position Type I". Wagshal Census No. 5-CAN-006. With 1975 P.F. certificate for strip of three. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	80,000.00 SOLD for $28,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
85		1c Blue, Ty. I (5). L-shaped strip of three with Positions 6-7R joined with 16R1E below, the Type I (7R) has ample margins to just barely in at bottom right plume, Type Ib (6R) is slightly in at top, Type II (16R) has full margins, beautiful intense Plate 1 Early shade and sharp impression, tied by three strikes of small "Paid" grid in black, red "Boston Mass. 16 Aug." (1851) circular datestamp on small cover to Georgetown D.C. with blue embossed flower design on backflap, the cover has been lightly cleaned VERY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE USED MULTIPLE WITH A COMBINATION OF TYPES I, Ib and II. IT IS ALSO THE ONLY 7R1E COVER WITH A "PAID" CANCEL. AN EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE COVER AND OF THE GREATEST RARITY. Types I and Ib were located exclusively in the top row of the right pane of Plate 1 Early, so it is only possible to have a Type I-Ib combination in a horizontal multiple. The stamps in the second row below Types I and Ib were either Type II or IIIa. Therefore, to obtain a combination of Types I, Ib and II (or IIIa), it is necessary to have a block containing 7R1E, of which there is one known unused, or an L-shaped multiple, such as the strip offered here. This is the only used multiple in this configuration. According to the Wagshal census book, there are three examples of Scott 5 with the small "Paid" grid and four with the large "Paid" grid. Both cancels were used at Boston. Of the seven known, only the small grid strikes show the complete word "Paid." This is the only complete cover with a "Paid" cancel of any kind. At the time the Wagshal book was published, there was some uncertainty about whether the strip had been left on this cover. At present there are 21 remaining covers with Scott 5, a number which is declining as stamps are removed to meet the demand for off-cover singles. Wagshal Census No. 5-COV-89. Ex Grunin, Hawley and Smith. With 1987 and 2002 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	210,000.00 SOLD for $50,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
86		1c Blue, Ty. Ib (5A). Position 6R1E, large margins to just in incl. sheet margin at top, pretty "Robin's Egg" blue shade from an early printing, proof-like impression, Dec. 22 town datestamp VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT IMPERFORATE STAMP FROM ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT YIELDS THE MOST COMPLETE TYPE Ib DESIGN. Type Ib was produced only as an imperforate stamp. Six positions on Plate 1 Early furnished stamps qualifying as Type Ib -- Positions 3-6R and 8-9R -- distinguished by the complete design at top and nearly complete design at bottom. When first entered on the plate, these six positions (as well as 7R1E) had the complete design at top and bottom. However, unlike 7R, small portions of the bottoms were burnished away. Positions 6R and 8R had less of the bottom erased than the other Type Ib positions, and for this reason they are more desirable examples of the type. All Type Ib stamps are very scarce, and the two best examples (6R and 9R) are rare. These top-row positions usually have an ample top margin, but frequently the margins are close or cutting into the sides or bottom. Ex Twigg-Smith. With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	15,000.00 SOLD for $10,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
87		1c Blue, Ty. Ib (5A). Position 8R1E, large margins to clear including part of sheet margin at top, beautiful Plate 1 Early color, showing clear double transfer at top left, neat strike of red grid cancel, two horizontal creases at bottom, faint corner crease at top right EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE TWO MOST DISTINCT TYPE Ib POSITIONS, SHOWING COMPLETE DESIGN AT TOP AND VIRTUALLY COMPLETE AT BOTTOM. Type Ib was produced only as an imperforate stamp. Six positions on Plate 1 Early furnished stamps qualifying as Type Ib -- Positions 3-6R and 8-9R -- distinguished by the complete design at top and nearly complete design at bottom. When first entered on the plate, these six positions (as well as 7R1E) had the complete design at top and bottom. However, unlike 7R, small portions of the bottoms were burnished away. Positions 6R and 8R had less of the bottom erased than the other Type Ib positions, and for this reason they are more desirable examples of the type. All Type Ib stamps are very scarce, and the two best examples (6R and 9R) are rare. These top-row positions usually have an ample top margin, but frequently the margins are close or cutting into the sides or bottom. A Type Ib with large margins all around is a great rarity, and only a handful are attractively cancelled in red. Despite the creases, this is an unusually choice Type Ib. With 1974 P.F. certificate. For some reason, the Scott Catalogue does not assign a premium for the red grid cancel. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	15,000.00 SOLD for $6,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
88		1c Blue, Ty. Ib (5A). Position 3R1E, ample margins to slightly in at bottom, bright early shade, square grid cancel and part circular datestamp, Fine, an appealing example of the scarce 1c Type Ib, with 2000 P.S.E. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	8,500.00 SOLD for $2,800.00 Will close during Public Auction
89		1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Plate 1E, bottom row position with sheet margin, huge at top showing part of adjoining stamp, large at right and touched at left, bright shade, bold grid cancel and part of red circular datestamp, Very Fine, with 1991 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	170.00 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
90		1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 21R1E, huge margins incl. part of adjoining stamp at right and sheet margin at left, deep rich Plate 1E color, grid cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2003 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	170.00 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
91		1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Plate 1E, horizontal strip of three, large margins to just touched in places, cancelled by Washington D.C. circular datestamps, beautiful bright Plate 1E shade, Very Fine, a scarce multiple from the first plate used to print 1c 1851's, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	575.00 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
92		1c Blue, Ty. II, Double Transfer (7). Position 22R1E, large margins to just barely in at upper right, bright early shade, tied by "New-York May 2" circular datestamp on 1852 printed notice to local street address, certificate notes a "small corner crease" at upper right, which is, in our opinion, a tiny wrinkle and unworthy of mention, Very Fine, signed Ashbrook, with 2002 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	200.00 SOLD for $130.00 Will close during Public Auction
93		1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Eight incl. two Plate 1E and six Plate 2, mostly ample margins, two form a severed pair with huge margins, one Plate 2 has double transfer, a couple with trivial flaws, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, one has A.P.S. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,360.00 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction

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