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FINE-VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE LARGEST RECORDED IMPERFORATE 1851 ONE-CENT MULTIPLE FROM PLATE 4, UNUSED OR USED. A REMARKABLE COMBINATION OF TYPES Ic, III AND IIIa FROM THE D AND E RELIEFS. ONE OF THE GREAT 1851 ISSUE PIECES.
This block is photographed on an entire page in the Neinken book (page 282) and described as the largest known imperforate block. Neinken also mentions the existence of unused imperforate blocks of four and six, but notes that he "does not recall seeing any other used imperforate blocks, although they probably exist."
This block is also desirable because it contains an example of an E Relief Type Ic. The 5th and 9th rows of Plate 4 were entered from the E Relief on the six-relief transfer roll. The E Relief was a Type Ic design, but most of the E Relief transfers were shortened at bottom or burnished during the platemaking process, thus eliminating the Type Ic features. A few have enough of the original detail to qualify them as Type Ic, including Position 89R4 in this block.
Ex Neinken (acquired by him in the John A. Fox sale, Apr. 15, 1954, lot 140) (Image)
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EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A RARE 1851 IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT STRIP OF THREE WITH A COMBINATION OF TYPES III AND Ic. THIS SOUND SHEET-MARGIN STRIP IS ONE OF THE FINEST USED MULTIPLES KNOWN FROM PLATE 4.
This strip from the 9th row of Plate 4 contains an example of an E Relief Type Ic. The 5th and 9th rows of Plate 4 were entered from the E Relief on the six-relief transfer roll. The E Relief was a Type Ic design, but most of the E Relief transfers were shortened at bottom or burnished during the platemaking process, thus eliminating the Type Ic features. A few have enough of the original detail to qualify them as Type Ic, including Position 83L4 in this strip. This is apparently one of two Type Ic combination strips listed in the Levi census (see Bakers' U.S. Classics, p. 188), but he misclassified it as a Type IIIa-IIIa-Ic combination. The lefthand stamp (81L4) is a strong Type III. The center stamp (82L4) is a "swing position", which started as Type IIIa, but developed a break in the bottom outer line as the plate wore, thus becoming Type III. This impression has a small but distinct break in the bottom line.
Ex Emerson and Neinken (Image)