Lot 1113
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1¢ blue, type Ia, wide setting (19 var.), well centered with the oversized bottom margin characteristic of this rare setting, bright color and paper, cancelled with a single pen stroke, small thin spot at upper right. Choice Extremely Fine appearance.
Scott $10,000 for normal setting
AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE VARIETY OF THE ALREADY RARE PERFORATED TYPE IA.
Expertization: 2005 P.F. Certificate stipulating "wide setting".
The reliefs used in the bottom row of plate 4 produced types Ia and Ic, the designs of which were taller than the reliefs in the middle rows (the relief used for rows 2-9 had the tops and bottom of the designs partially burnished away to accommodate the new perforating machines). It is theorized that when it was discovered that it was virtually impossible to perforate the sheets from plate 4 without cutting off a portion of the design of the bottom row stamps, the wheel that punched the bottom horizontal row of perforations was moved slightly farther from the adjacent wheel, resulting in what is referred to as the "wide setting" variety. This must have occured on a very small print run (or perforating run) because only a miniscule number of examples have ever come to light.
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