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VERY FINE. THE UNIQUE COMPOSITE ESSAY OF THE 5-CENT BUREAU ISSUE, COMBINING THE FRAME OF THE 5-CENT AND AN UNADOPTED DESIGN OF GEORGE WASHINGTON FOR THE VIGNETTE. A WONDERFUL RARITY.
The 5c stamps of both the earlier 1890 Issue and also the later Bureau Issue depict Ulysses S. Grant. The portrait used here of George Washington, which is a three-quarter portrait facing left, is similar to those used for earlier 1851 12c, 1855 10c and others of the 1861-66 Issue, but is more elaborate. It is also more elaborate than that used for the later 2c 1902 Issue, Scott 301. (Image)
VERY FINE. THE UNIQUE COMPOSITE ESSAY FOR THE 5-CENT BUREAU ISSUE, COMBINING THE PRINTED FRAME OF THE ISSUED DESIGN WITH A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM SEWARD MOUNTED IN PLACE OF THE VIGNETTE. A MAGNIFICENT SHOWPIECE.
Seward, a former Governor of New York and Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson, passed away in 1872. This design shows that he was considered as a subject for a U.S. stamp, but this honor would have to wait -- his portrait would not appear of a regularly-issued stamp until 1909 when his so-called folly of buying Alaska from Russia was commemorated with the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Issue (Scott Nos. 370 and 371).
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