Lot 1035
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1851, 1¢ blue, type Ia (6), a bottom row stamp from plate 4, clear early impression and deep color on bright white paper, large to oversized margins with adjacent stamps visible at top and right, full bottom right ball and plume ornaments and barely shaved at bottom left, light face-free town cancel. Fresh and choice Very Fine.
A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THE RARE ONE-CENT TYPE IA.
Expertization: 2005 P.S.E. and P.F. Certificates, both graded VF 80.
The key to differentiating the type Ia from the more common type Ic is the complete ball and plume ornaments at the bottom right, which on this example have a full margin beneath them.
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