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FINE-VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF THE 1861 3-CENT FIRST DESIGN.
The Chapin census records only six plate blocks. With 2006 P.F. certificate (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS STAMP IS ARGUABLY THE FINEST USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 10-CENT FIRST DESIGN WE HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED.
The 10c 1861 First Design (or Type I) was printed from Plate 4, which left very little space between the stamps for the 12-gauge perforation holes. Examples of Scott 62B (or 58) are rarely seen with margins framing the design on all sides. The stamp offered here is the rare exception, and it is even more remarkable as a used copy, free of faults, clearly cancelled in red (and face-free). As a measure of the 10c First Design's rarity in used high grades, the latest P.S.E. Population Report lists one used example graded XF 90 and nothing higher.
With 1987 P.F. certificate (Image)