Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1167
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Cat No: Collection
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1940 Pan American Union 50th Anniversary, photographic proof of the miniature sheet with separate proofs of the four stamps applied to the surround, mounted on thick card numbered "10657", endorsed "OK" with initials and the date "8/15/39", reverse with dated cachet "APPROVED / ENGRAVING ORDER DEPARTMENT"; photographic proof of the miniature sheet endorsed "OK", initialled and dated "10/3/39"; composite essay of the 40c miniature sheet stamp, with photographic frame and a superbly handpainted central vignette, mica covered and sunk within thick card, twice initialled and dated ("OK", 8/9/39, and 8/10/39), numbered "10657", within an American Bank Note Co. folder, with cachets of the Honduras Director General of Posts and American Bank Note Co, dated 3 August 1939; and die proofs of the four separate elements to the central vignette, and of the complete vignette depicting South America between the flags of Honduras and USA. A unique group from the American Bank Note Co. archives, with a record page detailing all the work done on this issue. (8 + record page).
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Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 250.00
Closed..Apr-20-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 250
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