Lot 710 o
1851, 1¢ blue, type Ia. Position 97 R4, town corner cancel causing small internal paper break, ample margins to just shaving upper left plumes and just touching at bottom, strong deep color, Very Fine and choice, a handsome example of this very rare stamp; with 1996 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 6 $12,000.
Produced only from 18 of the 20 subjects in the bottom row of both panes of Plate 4, the 1¢ imperforate, type Ia owes it's rarity to the short three month period that the Plate 4 imperforates where produced.
Realized: $3,500