Lot 2055 o
1851, 1¢ blue, type II, Spectacular Bottom Margin Strip of 3 (positions 97-99L3) shows small light surface plate cracks throughout the strip, ample to large margins with a 14mm sheet margin at bottom, rich intense plate three color, central town cancel and additional manuscript on right stamp, Extremely Fine, ex-Warner, Ashbrook, Ward, B. D. Phillips, Cowitt, Allan Fox and Eubanks; signed Ashbrook, with 2021 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 7 Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
AN EXCEPTIONALLY EXQUISITE STRIP OF THREE OF THE 1851 1¢ ISSUE STAMPS FROM PLATE 3 WITH AN ENORMOUS BOTTOM MARGIN.
THIS IS THE RENOWNED "WARNER" STRIP, WHICH NEINKEN HAS DESCRIBED AS "A BEAUTIFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE PIECE, PERHAPS THE MOST VALUABLE STRIP OF SURFACE CRACKS FROM THIS PLATE."
This strip is featured and discussed in Neinken's book on pages 224-225. Undoubtedly, it stands as one of the most remarkable items from the elusive Plate 3.
Realized: $16,000