Lot 30122 – 1872, 1 sen blue, interm. printing, thin native wove paper, type I, plate 2, pos.18, unused

1872, 1 sen blue, Government printing with long tool perforation, also known as intermediate printing), thin native wove paper, type I, plate 2, position 18, unused without gum, centred to bottom, natural paper inclusion and very slight tone spots mentioned for accuracy, being irrelevant for this rarity. Cert. Florian Eichhorn BPP (2023). One of just two unused examples known. This was the example chosen to illustrate this rarity in the JHES catalogue in 2007. (JSCA ¥1,200,000).