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**1938-Present Issues**
LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
1910	E	1105 E	1958, 3¢ James Monroe, Designer's Original Artwork (Scott 1105 E), an archive of preliminary sketches, drawings and mock-ups by designer, Frank P. Conley; 22 pieces in all, comprising 14 pencil drawings in various sizes and a variety of designs, all fairly similar to the issued stamp; most signed and dated Dec 1957 or Jan 1958; also two brush & ink renderings of two somewhat similar designs, each about 56x40 mm, on a single sheet; a large size - about 6¾" x 6" - outline of the text for the final design as an overlay on tracing paper; and six photographic reproductions of some of the designs in various sizes used for modeling. A marvelous and unique group. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) Get Market Data for [United States 1105 E] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1911	E	1129 E	1959, 8¢ World Peace Through World Trade, Original Artwork (Scott 1129 E), rough, stamp-size pencil sketches of four different proposed designs on a single sheet of tracing paper; plus three different stamp-size designs of an unidentified 4¢ stamp issue from the same time period, also on a single sheet of tracing paper, these rendered in turquoise and white ink, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) Get Market Data for [United States 1129 E] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $300-400 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
1912	E	1139-1144 E	1960, American Credo Series, Designer's Original Artwork (Scott 1139-1144 E), an archive of preliminary sketches, drawings and mock-ups by designer, Frank P. Conley; more than 40 pieces in all, including 1.-2.) two sheets, each with stamp size pen & ink drawings similar to Scott 139-E9, one of them with two different B. Franklin designs, the other with a different G. Washington quote and a proposed design for an Franklin Roosevelt stamp. Also included is 3.) a stamp size pencil drawing of a "plate" of 12 stamps, ten of the positions filled in, four of them being issued quotes for Jefferson, Key, Lincoln and Henry, the others for Stephen Vincent Benèt, John Dickinson, Wendell Phillips, F.D.R., Daniel Webster and Woodrow Wilson. There are also 4.-7.) four large black & white mock-ups, about 180x105 mm, for Jefferson, Key, Lincoln and Henry, all inscribed and signed, "Finished drawing of Credo stamp. Later redone for neatness. Symbol subsequently changed. Frank P. Conley, 1959". The balance is made up of 18 preliminary sketches on tracing paper of partial designs and symbols, four of them signed, and 20 photographic images of various sketches of symbols and layouts, three of them signed. Fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.2 lbs. A marvelous and unique lot showing all the work that goes into producing a finished U.S. stamp design. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [United States 1139-1144 E] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $2,500-3,500 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction

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