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VERY FINE. A RARE TRANSCONTINENTAL COVER WITH 6-CENT RATE PREPAID BY A STRIP OF SIX OF THE ONE-CENT TYPE II FROM PLATE ONE EARLY. VERY FEW COVERS EXIST WITH THIS FRANKING.
The 6c transcontinental rate was effective from July 1, 1851, to April 1, 1855. Approximately seven such West Coast multiples are known to us.
Ex Neinken (Image)
AN EXTRAORDINARY ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE MULTIPLE FROM PLATE ONE EARLY, COMBINING FOUR ELEMENTS OF RARITY INTO A VISUALLY STUNNING PIECE.
The confluence of rare elements in this one strip is astounding. Sheet-margin multiples are rare. Those showing part of the centerline are rarer. Those with unusual cancellations are even rarer. Finally, any example of Position 100R from Plate 1 Early that has the break in the outer line at top is exceedingly rare (see Neinken book, page 73). To have a strip that combines all four elements of rarity into one defies the odds.
EXTREMELY FINE. A MAGNIFICENT USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE IIIa IMPERFORATE WITH THE CENTERLINE FROM PLATE ONE EARLY.
Plate 1 Early stamps showing the centerline are rare. According to the Neinken chart, only three of the centerline positions on Plate 1 Early are Type IIIa -- 40L, 51R and 71R -- and this position (71R) shows a wide break in the outer line at top. From a purely statistical perspective, this stamp is a great rarity. Its condition adds another dimension of rarity.