Lot 53
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1851, 1¢ blue, types I & Ib, combination pair (5, 5A), positions 7-8R1E, full margins to just touching at bottom and irregular at left, bright plate 1 color and light grid cancels; two pressed vertical creases position 7 (type I) and faint vertical bend position 8; fresh, F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott $150,000
ONE OF ONLY SEVEN RECORDED USED PAIRS CONTAINING POSITION 7R1E, THE ONLY POSITION THAT REPRODUCED THE COMPLETE ONE-CENT DESIGN AS INTENDED BY ITS DESIGNERS.
Expertization: 1965 PF and 1997 & 2003 PSE Certificates.
The design of the one-cent issue was too large to allow for the accommodation of the 200 subjects onto one plate. Therefore, each position had to have some amount of the design erased at the top and/or bottom, thus accounting for the majority of the types. One position, however, was left intact, receiving no erasure whatsoever. That position was 7R1E, the seventh stamp in the top row of the right pane of the early state of plate 1. Hence, it is the only one of the 1,000 positions on the five plates from which the one-cent imperforate was produced that shows the complete design.
Wagshal Census 5-MUL-062.
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