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Sale 75: The Sescal Sale

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1851 Issue

Lot 636 o   

1851, 1¢ blue, type Ia, "curl in C" variety, position 97R4, town cancel, margins large to a bit in at sides, with full scrolls clearly visible at bottom, deep color, Fine, a presentable example of this rare 1¢ plate 4 type; with 1976 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 6 var.    $12,000.

Produced from only 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: $2,300

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