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VERY FINE. THIS COULD BE THE ONLY EXTANT EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT G. G. EVANS ENCASED POSTAGE ISSUE. ONE OF THE GREATEST RARITIES OF ENCASED POSTAGE.
George G. Evans was a Philadelphia publisher, bookseller and, briefly, a marketer of California wines. He also authored the Illustrated History of the United States Mint, published in 1885. Evans ordered 10,000 encased postage stamps for his new business selling California wine, but the crop failure in 1862 brought a swift end to this venture. Evans' encasements are unusual in that the Gault patent line is omitted, which has led some researchers to attribute manufacture to a firm other than Scovill.
The Ford sale catalogue (Stack's 6/23/2004, lot 491) reports that Reed was aware of two examples, but that no one has ever seen the second and that "at least it is sure there are not three survivors." This is the only example to appear in the marketplace.
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