Lot 378
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1857, 1¢ blue, type Ia (19), position 92L4, exceptionally well centered with the bottom scrolls and right plume sufficiently visible, with intense color, bright paper and a light unobtrusive cancel, trifling toned perforation at top mostly seen from reverse, still an Extremely Fine and most handsome example of the rare 1¢ perforated type Ia.
Scott $10,000
Expertization: 2007 P.F. Certificate.
Illustrated in Ashbrook Vol. I p.248, fig. 20MM, along with another well centered example of which Ashbrook notes "Although the perforations nip both designs at the bottom, such copies as these are truly exceptional."
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