Lot 1168
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1851, 1¢ blue, type Ib (5A), position 4-5R1E, horizontal pair, margins clear to barely touching at top but large enough to show the position dots in the top margins and to fully display the partial ball and plume ornaments at the bottom, pretty, light blue color and neat manuscript cancel. Very Fine.
Estimate 6,000 - 8,000
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE MULTIPLE OF THE TYPE IB WHICH CAN COME FROM ONLY FIVE POSITIONS OF THE EARLY STATE OF PLATE 1.
Expertization: 1977 and 1986 P.F. Certificates.
Provenance: Grunin
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