Lot 326
o
1851, 1¢ blue, type II, small break at bottom (7var.), position 1R1E, also showing a major double transfer, bright and fresh with full to oversize margins, including sheet margins at left and top, centered strike red Albion N.Y. c.d.s., Extremely Fine and quite striking.
Scott $190 ++
AN EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE OF THIS UNUSUAL SPECIALIST VARIETY — THE ONLY ONE CERTIFIED AS SUCH BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION.
Expertization: 2006 PF Certificate noting the position and the variety.
The break in the bottom frameline exists in the original entry of position 1R1E onto the plate; it is not a "transitional" position that evolved from a type II into a type IIIA as the plate wore. Technically, it could be classed as a type IIIA, though not considered so by Ashbrook nor any of his successors. The bottom line was strongly recut on the late state of the plate.
|
| |
| Realized $900 |
