Lot 1109
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1851, 1¢ blue, type I (5), position 7R1E, fresh and bright with very large margins including bit of adjacent stamp visble at right, marvelous color, neat large Boston PAID grid and partial red Boston c.d.s. cancels; unobtrusive pressed vertical crease along left side breaks paper; otherwise choice Extremely Fine.
Scott $85,000
A TRULY STUNNING ONE-CENT TYPE I AND ONE OF THE SMALL NUMBER OF TRUE FOUR MARGIN EXAMPLES EXTANT OF POSITION 7R1E, THE ONLY POSITION ON ANY OF THE ONE-CENT IMPERFORATE PLATES TO SHOW THE TRUE TYPE I WITH THE COMPLETE DESIGN AS IT EXISTED ON THE ORIGINAL DIE.
Provenance: Meilstrup
This stamp was originally sold in 1965 as part of a strip of three, position 6-8R1E, on cover. It is Wagshal census number 5-CAN-009.
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