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

5-CAN-055

5-CAN-055

Notes:

• Survived as part of a pair at least until 1970. Separated from 8R to make a single with faults. Small thin at top and filled thins at bottom. The thins appear to have resulted from handling by an owner at one point after the 1970 PFC was issued, which did not note any thins, and before the 1981 Apfelbaum sale in which they were described.
• Stain at upper middle of left margin.
• Pen.

Provenance:

• 7/10/1968, Vahan Mozian, Lot 10, Realized $2,800, as a pair (no sale details), realized
• 3/24/1970, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1970 Rarities of the World, Sale 371, Lot 32, #371 3/24/1970, still as a pair, realized $4,000 vs. $5,400 Scott value
• 6/26/1981, Apfelbaum, Lot 15, offered as a single.

Certificates:

• PF 33626 (1970) for a pair, Position 7-8R1E. No defects noted.
• PF 102776 (1981) issued for the single, noting “tiny thin spot at bottom”.
• PF 453666 it is genuine with small filled in thin spots at top and a tiny thin spot at bottom