Lot 576
1851, 1¢ blue, types I & Ib (5-5A-5A), horizontal strip of three, positions 7-9R1E, large margins virtually all around with adjacent stamps visible at bottom, clearly displaying the key bottom ornaments; cut slightly in at upper left with position 8 having a light crease; a beautiful plate one early printing in a bright shade, tied by manuscript "X" cancellations on an 1851 cover postmarked manuscript "Buckeystown, Md. November 17th" to Johnsonville, Ohio, Very Fine.
Scott $210,000
A RARE MULTIPLE CONTAINING THE MOST DESIRABLE POSITIONS ON PLATE ONE EARLY.
Expertization: 2006 PF Certificate, signed Ashbrook with his notes on reverse.
One of only six recorded covers with strips of three containing position 7R1E—the only true type I among the 1,000 positions on the five plates utilized for the production of the 1¢ imperforate.
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