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1c Blue, Ty. II (Scott 7). Positions 2-3L4, horizontal pair, unused (no gum), both stamps have a significant break in the bottom outer line, which meets the definition of Type IIIa, large margins all around, rich color, small tear at bottom right corner, otherwise Extremely Fine, an attractive and very rare unused multiple from the top row of Plate 4 showing the complete design at top and the breaks in bottom lines Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2010, Sale 994, Lot 1092 |
US$2,000.00 |
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o 1851, 1¢ blue, type II, plate 3 (7 var.), horizontal pair, position 39-40R3 (?), large margins to just in at upper and lower left, neat pen cancel, tiny corner crease at lower left, otherwise F.-V.F. Scott $1,500 Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 333, Lot 3271 |
US$270.00 |
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o 1851, 1¢ blue, type II, “the big crack” (7 var.), plate 2 flaw reconstructed from singles from position 12-13 & 23L; position 12 has creases, other two are sound with margins as per phot, V.G.-Fine; a desirable assemblage. Scott $1,170 Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 333, Lot 3272 |
US$220.00 |
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o 1851, 1¢ blue, type II (7), position 5L1E, large margins with full sheet margin at top and adjacent stamp visible at bottom, bright color, light pen and town cancels, faint vertical crease; choice, Extremely Fine appearance. Scott value $160 Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 333, Lot 3267 |
US$100.00 |
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o 1851, 1¢ blue, type II (7), horizontal pair, position 29-30R1E, large margins to barely touching at lower left, bright color and a most unusual and attractive pen cancel, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Scott $375 Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 333, Lot 3268 |
US$170.00 |
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o 1851, 1¢ blue, type II, plate 4 (7 var.), position 5L4, large margins to just to just to just touching at bottom, deep, dark plate 4 color, small thin spots, Very Fine appearance. Scott price $1,100 Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 333, Lot 3265 |
US$190.00 |
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o 1851, 1¢ blue, type II, plate 3 (7 var.), large margins to just in at right and bottom, deep color with characteristic plate 3 “mottling”, fresh and Fine. Scott $600 Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 333, Lot 3266 |
US$120.00 |
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1851, 1¢ blue, type II (7), fresh, dark color and full to large margins, tiny tone spot in left margin, full original gum Very Fine and handsome. Scott $1,100 Expertization: 2006 PF Certificate. Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 333, Lot 3263 |
US$550.00 |
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o 1851, 1¢ blue, type II (7), position 4R1L, the only type II produced by the late state of plate 1, clear to barely touching, plainly showing the position characteristics at the top; bright color and light grid cancel, Very Fine. Scott price $360 Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 333, Lot 3264 |
US$110.00 |
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1851, 1¢ blue, type II (7), horizontal strip of three, position 91-93L1E, 91 being the triple transfer, one inverted variety, large margins on three sides (partial sheet margin at bottom) except just in at left, tied on piece by neat New York c.d.s.s., vertical crease through position 91, some light gum staining at bottom, the right pair being Extremely Fine. Scott price $785+ Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 333, Lot 3269 |
US$375.00 |
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o 1851, 1¢ blue, type II, plate 3 (7 var.), position 58R3, large margins to barely shaved at left with rich color and a light New Orleans c.d.s., Very Fine. Scott value $600 Expertization: 1995 PSE Certificate verifying the position. Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 331, Lot 328 |
US$200.00 |
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o 1851, 1¢ blue, type II (7), huge margins including bit of adjacent stamp at top and partial sheet margin at bottom, bright color, New York c.d.s. and trace of red transit c.d.s. at upper left, a marvelous, Extremely Fine gem. Scott value $160 Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 331, Lot 327 |
US$525.00 |
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o 18511¢ blue, type II, plate 4 (7 var.), position 5R4, large to oversize margins with a partial sheet margin at top, deep color on bright paper, neat pen cancel, fresh and choice Very Fine. Scott value $1,100 for handstamped cancel Expertization: 1998 PF and 2009 PSE Certificates, both noting the position, the latter graded VF 80J. Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 331, Lot 329 |
US$800.00 |
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o 1851, 1¢ blue, type II, small break at bottom (7var.), position 1R1E, also showing a major double transfer, bright and fresh with full to oversize margins, including sheet margins at left and top, centered strike red Albion N.Y. c.d.s., Extremely Fine and quite striking. Scott value $190 ++ AN EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE OF THIS UNUSUAL SPECIALIST VARIETY � THE ONLY ONE CERTIFIED AS SUCH BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION. Expertization: 2006 PF Certificate noting the position and the variety. The break in the bottom frameline exists in the original entry of position 1R1E onto the plate; it is not a “transitional” position that evolved from a type II into a type IIIA as the plate wore. Technically, it could be classed as a type IIIA, though not considered so by Ashbrook nor any of his successors. The bottom line was strongly recut on the late state of the plate. Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 331, Lot 326 |
US$900.00 |
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1851, 1¢ blue, type II (7), right sheet margin single with large margins to barely touching at bottom, bright and fresh with full original gum, Very Fine. Scott price $1,100 Expertization: 2010 PF Certificate. Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2010, Sale 331, Lot 325 |
US$400.00 |