Lot
137 
1851, 1¢ blue, type Ib, position 6R1E, faint discoloration at center of stamp, full margins to barely in, beautiful Plate 1E color, tied by grid on gray April 1852 folded printed Prices Current from Baltimore Md. to Orwell Ohio, Very Fine, ex-Kapiloff. Scott No. 5A $15,500.
AN OUTSTANDING USE OF THE RARE IMPERFORATE 1¢ TYPE IB USED AS A SINGLE FRANKING TO PAY THE CIRCULAR RATE. POSITION 6R1E IS ONE OF THE TWO FINEST EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE TYPE.
With note on back from Stanley Ashbrook who states that a single on cover is much rarer than a strip of three.
Realized: $4,000