
1c - Blue - Type I
The most complete design of all the
types. The design
is complete at top, bottom and sides.
35,000 - Imperf - Scott #5 - 1851
Only 98 used and two unused examples exist
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NY Auction Houses |
| |
MNH |
MH |
Used |
Graded |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
$37,500 |
- |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
$90,000 |
- |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
- |
$52,500 |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
- |
$35,000 |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2007 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
- |
$60,000 |
70 |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
- |
|
- |
| Fall 2008 |
- |
- |
|
- |

1c - Blue - Type Ib
As type I, except plume like scrolls at bottom
are not complete
and balls below bottom label are not as well defined.
Imperf - Scott #5A - 1851
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NY Auction Houses |
| |
MNH |
MH |
Used |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
$4,250 |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
- |
$2,500-$4,000 |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
- |
$4,500-$6,250 |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
- |
$2,900-$3,750 |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
$26,000 |
$2,600-$13,500 |
| Fall 2006 |
- |
- |
$4,750-$7,250 |
| Spring 2007 |
- |
- |
$15,000 |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
- |
$7,000-$17,000 |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
- |
|
| Fall 2008 |
- |
- |
- |

1c - Blue - Type Ia
The design is complete at the sides and
bottom but incomplete at the top.
Top center line and tops of the
ornament are missing.
Furthermore, there is a flaw below and to the left
of the "U" of "U.S.POSTAGE".
Less than six mint copies survive
110,000
- Imperf - Scott #6 - 1851
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NY Auction Houses |
| |
MNH |
MH |
Used |
| Spring 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
$2,900 |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
$9,500 |
$8,000 |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
- |
$6,250 |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
- |
$15,500 |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
- |
$4,750-$5,250 |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
- |
$14,000-$25,000 |
| Fall 2006 |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2007 |
- |
- |
$13,500 |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
- |
$2,800-$5,250 |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
- |
|
| Fall 2008 |
- |
- |
- |
1c - Blue - Type Ic
As type 1a, bottom right ornaments and plume are
incomplete.
Bottom left plume complete or nearly complete.
Imperf -
Scott #6b - 1851
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NY Auction Houses |
| |
Used |
MNH |
MH |
Used |
| Spring 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
- |
- |
$5,750 |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
- |
- |
$3,500 |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
$1,890 |
- |
- |
$1,900 |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
- |
- |
|
| Fall 2008 |
- |
- |
- |
- |

1c - Blue - Type II
The design is complete at the sides and top but slightly incomplete at
bottom.
It is easily mistaken for a Type I.
12,000,000 - Imperf -
Scott #7 - 1851
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|
NY Auction Houses |
| |
MH |
Used |
MNH |
MH |
Graded |
Used |
Graded |
| Spring 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
$40-$50 |
- |
- |
- |
$300-$325 |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
$35-$60 |
- |
- |
- |
$280-$370 |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
- |
- |
$1,800-$10,500 |
- |
$270-$400 |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
$45-$65 |
- |
$5,000 |
- |
$65-$1,500 |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
$75-$90 |
- |
$2,300-$2,700 |
- |
$125-$1,950 |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
- |
$70-$125 |
- |
$11,000 |
100 |
$170-$700 |
90J |
| |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$750 |
|
| Spring 2007 |
- |
$60-$125 |
- |
$500 |
- |
$85 |
70 |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
$45-$115 |
- |
$2,900 |
85 |
$800 |
95 |
| Spring 2008 |
$400 |
$40-$145 |
- |
$1,450 |
85 |
$1,250 |
90 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
90 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$950 |
95 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
98J |
| Fall 2008 |
- |
$30-$100 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |

1c - Blue - Type III
Top and bottom curved lines outside the label are
broken in the middle.
The side ornaments are substantially complete.
Imperf -
Scott #8 - 1851 View larger image
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|
NY Auction Houses |
| |
Used |
MH |
Used |
Graded |
| Spring 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
- |
$2,100-$2,400 |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
- |
$2,400 |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
$3,000 |
- |
$1,050-$7,500 |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
- |
$1,450-$8,500 |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
- |
$1,600 |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2007 |
- |
$7.500 |
- |
- |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
|
|
- |
| Fall 2008 |
- |
|
- |
- |

1c - Blue - Type IIIa
As type III, but either the bottom or, more commonly,
the bottom line are
broken, but not both.
< 1,000,000 - Imperf -
Scott #8a - 1851
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NY Auction Houses |
| |
MH |
Used |
MNH |
MH |
Graded |
Used |
Graded |
| Spring 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
$300-$400 |
- |
- |
- |
$1,100 |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
$200-$250 |
- |
- |
- |
$2,900 |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$2,600 |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$1,450 |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
$250-$385 |
- |
$13,000 |
- |
$5,000 |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
- |
- |
- |
$3,750 |
- |
$575 |
95 |
| Spring 2007 |
- |
- |
- |
$5,000 |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
$460 |
- |
$35,000 |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
$400-$660 |
- |
- |
- |
|
85 |
| Fall 2008 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |

1c - Blue - Type IV
As type II except the curved lines outside the
labels are recut at top,
bottom or both
Imperf -
Scott #9 - 1851
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|
NY Auction Houses |
| |
MNG |
Used |
MNH |
MH |
Graded |
Used |
Graded |
| Spring 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$180-$325 |
- |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$160-$280 |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
- |
- |
$650 |
- |
$120-$140 |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
$90-$110 |
- |
$800 |
- |
$105-$150 |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
- |
- |
$800 |
- |
$105-$210 |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
$45-$175 |
- |
$2,500 |
- |
$2,100 |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
- |
$40-$110 |
- |
$2,000 |
- |
$1,250 |
95 |
| Spring 2007 |
- |
- |
- |
$500-$850 |
- |
$200 |
- |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
$30-$255 |
- |
$6,250 |
95 |
$140 |
85 |
- |
$180 |
85 |
- |
- |
$250 |
85J |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$220 |
90 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$350 |
90J |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$700 |
95 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$325 |
95J |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$1,800 |
98J |
| Spring 2008 |
$200-$250 |
$30-$85 |
- |
- |
- |
|
85 |
- |
$60 |
70 |
- |
- |
|
85J |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
90 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
90J |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
95 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
95J |
- |
- |
- |
|
100J |
$600 |
98J |
| Fall 2008 |
- |
$20-$40 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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