Lot 1079
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1¢ blue, type III, position 99R2 (8 var.), the right stamp in a horizontal pair with a type II (7), clear to humongous margins having adjacent stamps visible at left and right a large part sheet margin at bottom, highly contrasting color and paper and a neat New York town cancel. Exceptionally fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $13,000
AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE TYPE II-III COMBINATION PAIR WITH THE UNMISTAKABLE MAJOR DOUBLE TRANSFER ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 99R2, THE POSITION CONSIDERED THE ARCHETYPE OF THE ONE CENT TYPE III.
Expertization: 2005 (for strip of three) and 2006 P.F. Certificates.
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