Census of 1c Blue, Type I (Scott 5)

Notes:

This stamp was part of a strip of three, Positions 7-8-9R1E, which existed intact through the 1956 Caspary sale. After the Caspary sale, the left stamp was separated by a philatelic desecrater into a single. Siegel sale 11/12/1969 description of single stated “P.F. certificate states ‘genuine in all respects’, there is a tiny marginal crease in U.R. corner just clear of the design.” Subsequent descriptions and PFC do not describe a corner crease, and it would be unusual for the left stamp cut from a strip of three to have a corner crease at the right. The adjoining stamps in the original strip had thins and a tear in 9R1E.
Blue Richmond Va. cds (Nov. 24)

Provenance:

Offered by Samuel Shaskan in 1991 with net price of $26,000 vs. $23,000 Scott value, purchased by Thurston Twigg-Smith.
10/21/1919, J. C. Morgenthau, Realized $270, sold as a strip of three, realized
1/16/1956, Alfred H. Caspary Collection, H.R. Harmer, Lot 184, sold as a strip (referred to as the “Warner” strip), realized $875 vs. $1,310 Scott value.
1/13/1940, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 62, Lot 74, as a single, realized $6,200 vs. $5,000 Scott value.
9/16/1976, Richard Wolffers, Lot 181, realized $12,500 vs. $8,250 Scott value.
4/10/2001, Thurston Twigg-Smith Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Thurston Twigg-Smith Collection of Superb Used U.S. Stamps, Sale 835, Lot 21, Realized $80,000, realized $80,000 vs. $40,000 Scott value.
10/4/2007, Scarsdale Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Scarsdale Collection, Part 5: Superb Used 1847-69 Issues, Sale 943, Lot 2003, Realized $375,000, realized $375,000 hammer versus $55,750 Scott value.
6/7/2012, Natalee Grace Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Natalee Grace Collection of Used Stamps of the United States, Part One: 1847-1868 Issues, Sale 1024, Lot 17, unsold with $300,000-400,000 estimate

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