Login to Use StampAuctionNetwork. New Member? Click "Register".
StampAuctionNetwork Extended Features
StampAuctionNetwork Channels
Extended Features
Visit the following Auction Calendars:
Help:
More Useful Information:
Newsletter:
For Auction Firms:
VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXTREMELY RARE GROUP OF NUMERAL ESSAYS FOR THE 3-CENT 1861 ISSUE. WE ARE UNAWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OF ANY OTHERS.
Each of the essays offered here shows a slightly different "3". The lines are thicker on some, there are double-lines on one, and one has the hollowed "3" partly filled with hand-drawn lines. These are unlisted in either Scott or Brazer, and we have been unable to find any reference to them in Essay-Proof literature. Their origin and maker remain a mystery, although they were clearly part of the many experiments to prevent cancellation removal in the 1860's.
Ex Finkelburg. (Image)