2006 Rarities of the World continued...

EXTREMELY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE ONE-CENT 1851 TYPE I CANCELLED BY A RED "PAID". WIDELY REGARDED AS THE FINEST OFF-COVER MULTIPLE CONTAINING TYPE I. ONE OF THE MOST VISUALLY STUNNING ITEMS IN CLASSIC UNITED STATES PHILATELY.

This pair was originally part of a strip of three comprising Positions 6-7-8R1E, used on a cover postmarked at Alexandria, Louisiana, and addressed to Buchannon Carroll & Co. (later known as Carroll, Hoy & Co.) in New Orleans. A photograph and listing of the original cover is found in the catalogue for the May 26-28, 1943, auction held by Harmer, Rooke & Co., which comprised Part VIII of the Col. Edward H. R. Green collection. This eighth sale of the Green estate actually comprised the Storrow collection of United States, which Green acquired intact, providing him with a large number of important classic stamps and covers. The strip was subsequently soaked from the cover and the righthand stamp was removed.

The published census compiled by Jerome S. Wagshal contains 90 unduplicated records of Scott 5. There are probably no more than ten examples existing outside of the Wagshal census population. Therefore, the 1c 1851 Type I is the rarest of all United States stamps issued regularly prior to the 1868 Grills.

Because of the significance attached to the outer portions of the 1c 1851 design, examples that have been carefully cut apart, so as not to impinge on any part of the design, are extremely desirable. The narrow spacing between stamps in the sheet and the users' indifference to the outlying ornamentation during separation are factors that contribute to the great rarity of four-margin examples.

The general consensus of classic U.S. specialists is that the four most desirable used examples of this rare type are: the strip of three on cover of Positions 7-9R1E from the Ishikawa sale, which was also owned by Newbury (and realized $150,000 hammer in 1993), the single on folded printed notice, ex Caspary, the pair with red criss-crossed "Paid" cancels offered here, and the four-margin sound single offered in the Hinrichs sale, which realized $150,000 hammer in 2005.

Ex Storrow, Col. Green, Newbury, Ishikawa and Morris. With copy of 1993 P.F. certificate. (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. POSITION 7R1E -- THE SEVENTH STAMP IN THE RIGHT PANE OF PLATE 1 EARLY -- IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE 1,000 POSITIONS USED TO PRINT IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT STAMPS THAT SHOWS THE COMPLETE DESIGN (TYPE I). FROM A NEW FIND AND OFFERED TO THE MARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME.

The published census compiled by Jerome S. Wagshal contains 90 unduplicated records of Scott 5. This is the first addition to the Wagshal census, and there are probably no more than ten examples existing outside of the census population. Therefore, the 1c 1851 Type I is the rarest of all United States stamps issued regularly prior to the 1868 Grills.

Because of the significance attached to the outer portions of the 1c 1851 design, examples that have been carefully cut apart so as not to impinge on any part of the design, are extremely desirable. The narrow spacing between stamps in the sheet and the users' indifference to the outlying ornamentation during separation are factors that contribute to the great rarity of four-margin examples. This stamp should be considered desirable, because the type characteristics are clearly visible.

This now becomes Wagshal Census No. 5-CAN-091. With 2006 P.F. certificate. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE Ib IMPERFORATE ISSUE.

Type Ib was produced only as an imperforate stamp. Six positions on Plate 1 Early furnished stamps qualifying as Type Ib--Positions 3-6R and 8-9R--distinguished by the complete design at top and nearly complete design at bottom. When first entered on the plate, these six positions (as well as 7R1E) had the complete design at top and bottom. However, unlike 7R, small portions of the bottoms were burnished away.

With 1985 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE Ia IMPERFORATE ISSUE.

The extremely rare Type Ia, showing the full design at bottom, was furnished only by 18 of the 200 subjects on Plate 4 (the remaining two bottom-row positions were sub-type Ic).

Ex Hindes. With 1986 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM USED EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT TYPE II ISSUE.

With 2005 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95 Jumbo) (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A DESIRABLE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1851 ONE-CENT IMPERFORATE TYPE III FROM POSITION 99R2. THIS POSITION IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE III, WITH THE WIDEST BREAKS AT TOP AND BOTTOM.

Type III is defined by breaks in the outer lines at both top and bottom. Many Type III stamps have breaks that were created or enlarged by plate wear. Since the wear occurred over a period of time, a majority of stamps of this type (both unused and used) have small breaks in at least one line. The most notable exception is Position 99R2. According to the Neinken book, "The 99R2 stamp is a fresh entry, that was short transferred both at top and bottom, over an original entry that had been erased... The reason that 99R2 is the finest example of Type III is because of its very short transfer at top and at bottom, giving us the wide breaks in these lines." (p. 184).

With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL USED EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE III.

With 1989 P.F. certificate. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT TYPE IIIa WITH ORIGINAL GUM.

Stamps printed from Plate 4 were issued in April-June 1857 before perforations were introduced. The relatively small number of imperforate Plate 4 stamps issued during this period explains the rarity and desirability of any of the imperforate stamp types produced from this plate. The Type IIIa from Plate 4 with original gum is extremely rare.

With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A BEAUTIFUL USED EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE IIIa.

Scott Retail for Plate 4 (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF THE IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT TYPE IIIa ISSUE.

Ex Koppersmith. With 1987 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A RARE "SUPERB 98 JUMBO" EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT TYPE IV STAMP.

With 2006 P.F. certificate (Superb 98 Jumbo) (Image)