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

Notes:

Described repeatedly as having “small faults.” PFC states “small filled thin spot, a hinge stain at top, and a repaired scissors cut into the design at bottom left.” The 1994 Bennett description states that the hinge stain has been removed. From the face the scissors-cut does not appear to be into the design.
SBA notes say it has a stitch watermark, which has not been mentioned elsewhere.
Black Boston small “Paid” grid (inverted). The earliest and latest dates of use of this cancel are 7/12/1851 and 1/15/1852, as reported in the Blake-Davis Boston Postal Markings book (p. 132). The latest date was also reported in Chase (1942 revision, p. 346).

Provenance:

Golden Oak, Sale 6, Lot 73
4/26/1960, John A. Fox, Lot 478, for $610 vs. $1,250 Scott value.
10/3/1992, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1992 Rarities of the World, Sale 745, Lot 341, #745 10/3/1992, passed at $5,750 vs. $17,500 Scott value.
5/8/1993, Displayed at Sachs booth, ASDA Mega-Event.
5/1/1994, Bennett, Lot 312, hammered at $5,750 vs. $17,500 Scott value.
10/1995, Offered in Valley Stamp Co. net price catalogue, Realized $11,500, for
10/12-14/2011, Siegel Auction Galleries, Outstanding United States Stamps, Sale 1014, Lot 1035, Realized $15,250, $15,250 hammer versus $85,000 Scott value.
3/26-28/2013, Siegel Auction Galleries, Outstanding United States Stamps, Sale 1040, Lot 1180, Realized $17,500, $17,500 vs. $75,000 Scott value

Certificates:

PF 227015 (1990) issued to Siegel. States filled thin, hinge stain at top, and scissors-cut into design at bottom left.
PF 530318 IT IS GENUINE, WITH TINY THINS, A COVERED INTERNAL PAPER BREAK IN THE "A" OF "PAID" AND A SMALL SCISSORS CUT AT BOTTOM LEFT.
SBA notes say John A. Fox wrote to him on 3/24/1939 that he obtained this stamp from Eugene Klein “several years ago”.