The Natalee Grace Collection of Used United States Stamps, Part One continued...

**1c 1851-56 Issue (Scott 5-9) continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
28		1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Position 1R1L with top left inter-pane centerline margin, large to huge margins other sides, rich color on nicely blued paper, neat strike of red circular datestamp, fresh and Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp, with 2009 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	140.00 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction
29		1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Position 97L1L, major double transfer which is especially noticeable at bottom, enormous margins all around including wide sheet margin at bottom and part of adjoining stamps on three sides, rich color, bold strike of grid cancel EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT USED EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT IMPERFORATE TYPE IV FROM POSITION 97L1L, WITH MAJOR DOUBLE TRANSFER AT BOTTOM. A SUPERB STAMP IN EVERY RESPECT. Double and triple transfers occur when a plate is made or reconditioned. Either an earlier entry from the transfer roll is insufficiently burnished out, or the subsequent re-entry is slightly misaligned, leaving incised lines on the plate that transfer ink to the printed impression. Plate 1 Late, which was reconditioned, has a total of 51 double transfers, but Neinken specifically identified sixteen he considered "so pronounced they are outstanding." Position 97L is one of these (see Neinken book, page 120). Ex Scarsdale. With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	120.00 SOLD for $850.00 Will close during Public Auction
30		1c Blue, Ty. IV, Printed on Both Sides (9a). The back has an impression of the top part of the design printed inverted relative to the normal impression on the other side, normal side with large margins to just touched with part of adjoining stamps at top and left, rich color, neat strike of large Boston "Paid" grid, light corner crease at top right VERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES. A PHENOMENAL RARITY. Engraved stamps printed on both sides usually have a poor impression on one side and a second, complete impression on the other. They probably occurred when a sheet was printed without proper moistening, which prevented the paper from picking up the ink in the recessed lines of the engraved plate. If the sheet was turned 180 degrees before being put on the press a second time, the two impressions will be inverted in relation to each other. Our list of printed-on-both-sides stamps is included as an appendix to this catalogue. The variety is known on the three denominations issued in 1851 -- 1c, 3c and 12c -- but not on the imperforate stamps issued in 1855 (10c) and 1856 (5c). This is the only recorded example of the one-cent 1851 design printed on both sides. Ex Wagshal. With 1977 P.F. certificate. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	50,000.00 SOLD for $42,500.00 Will close during Public Auction

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