Lot 67
1851, 1¢ blue, type II (7), position 16L1E, large margins at sides, slightly in at top and bottom, tied by circular grid on printed circular datelined "Baltimore, July 1st, 1851" to Mount Airy, Va., some fold splitting, Fine.
Scott $4,000
ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED FIRST DAY USAGES ON PRINTED CIRCULARS ACCORDING TO THE HULME CENSUS.
Expertization: 1982 P.F. Certificate, Notes on reverse by Ashbrook.
According to the Wilson Hulme's census in "The 1851 Issue of United States Stamps: a Sesquicentennial Retrospective" book, there are only seven first day usages of the 1851 1¢ issue, with five being printed circulars.
No. 4 in Stanley Ashbrook's Special Service, The One Cent 1851 First Day Covers - July 1, 1851, p. 93-94.
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