1c Ultramarine, I. Grill (134A). Clear grill with the I Grill dimensions, wide margins and choice centering, brilliant color, bright blue segmented cork cancel

EXTREMELY FINE. AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE 1870 ONE-CENT NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY I GRILL, WITH A VIVID BLUE CANCEL.

From the Nathanael Greene collection. With 1999 P.F. certificate as H Grill No. 134. With 2019 P.S.E. certificates as I Grill No. 134A (XF 90). While four used examples grade higher, and two share this grade at P.S.E., this is a case where strict numerical grading cannot do a stamp justice and where SMQ value for a black cancel is irrelevant. We have offered four of the aforementioned stamps and none have a colored cancel — all have black cancels including a couple indistinct corks. In our opinion, this Gem with a complementary bright blue cancel ranks among the finest extant.

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