United States 1851-56 Issue

Lot 3011 United States 1851-56 Issue

Scott5

Description

1851, 1¢ blue, type I, position 7R1E. Very faint manuscript and small portion of red town cancel leaving the design almost completely unobscured, with full top sheet margin and ample to just shaving bottom left plume and touching ball leaving design virtually complete, strong and distinctively bright plate one early color; small corner crease at top right away from printed design & tiny surface scrapes at bottom right (both of which are truly insignificant), Extremely Fine, this stamp was acquired in 1941 by Stanley Gibbons owner Gordon N. Usticke, ex-Matthies, N. Hubbard & "Lake Shore", with 1974 & 2001 P.F. certificates. Scott No. 5; $55,000. A WONDERFULLY LIGHTLY CANCELED USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 1¢ TYPE I ISSUE FROM POSITION 7 ON THE RIGHT PANE OF PLATE ONE EARLY - ONE OF THE FEW MARGINAL EXAMPLES SHOWING VIRTUALLY THE COMPLETE DESIGN. According to the Jerome S. Wagshal census of the Scott #5 (this example being 5-CAN-005) there are only 98 examples in all recorded. This example is one of a small handful of examples showing the complete design. 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. This example, with wide sheet margin at top, very light cancellations leaving design almost completely unobscured and a virtually complete design makes this example one of the finest extant.