Westcott Express Co. Telegraph Frank, pane of 4, American Bank Note Co. Specimen, very similar to the Telegraph Co. franks of the period; partial booklet pane sheet - two panes of 4 and two half panes - imperforate between panes; all stamps with serial no. "00000", type A Specimen overprint, and security punch; rejoined vertical perforations, o.g., never hinged, otherwise Very Fine. Mosher WTTX-F1-BP. The Westcott Express Co., New York City, was taken over by American Express in 1903.
Springer 11CF1. (Image)

Estimate $300-400

Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Co., 1886, trial color large die proofs on glazed card, blank value tablets (Scott 3T7-E), by the Kendall Bank Note Co., six different: orange, dark blue, dark green, brown black and two shades of brown, all about 50 x 50 mm, Very Fine. (Image)

Estimate $350-500

Postal Telegraph Co., 1885, 10¢ 25¢ and 50¢ 5 different proofs (Scott 15T1TC1ae, etc.), various colors and formats, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

Estimate $350-500

Western Union Telegraph Co., 1913, five different trial color plate proofs on bond (Scott 16T44TC5a-d, f), full sheets of 16, deep rose, orange, dark blue, slate green & sepia. Unpriced by Scott. (Image)

Estimate $500-750

Western Union Telegraph Co., 1913, four different trial color plate proofs on thin wove (Scott 16T44TC3a-d vars.), full sheets of 16, deep rose, orange, dark blue & slate green. Unlisted on thin wove paper. (Image)

Estimate $500-750

Western Union Telegraph Co.,1913, two trial color large die proofs (Scott 16T44TC1a, 1q), deep violet on India on card, and dull violet on thin card, Extremely Fine, the first is not listed in this color; neither is priced by Scott. (Image)

Estimate $250-350

Telegraph, 1916, Western Union, 5¢ & 25¢ booklet panes of 6, American Bank Note Co. Specimens (Scott 16T49S-16T50S), uncut top and bottom part-sheets of 18 stamps (two full and two half-panes), printed tête-bêche and imperf between panes; all stamps with serial no. "0000", type B Specimen overprint, and security punch; also includes a partial booklet pane sheet of the 1912 violet (16T43) (two panes of 4 and two half panes), also printed by American Bank Note Co. and overprinted similarly but with type C Specimen; one 5¢ 1916 part-sheet with faults in the selvage; the 1912 part-sheet rejoined, o.g., never hinged, otherwise Very Fine. (Image)

Estimate $750-1,000

Postal Telegraph Co., 1913, orange brown, "P.R." official, perf 14 (Scott 15TO23), booklet pane of 8, each with handstamped serial no. 373, o.g., Very Fine.
Scott $350. (Image)

Estimate $200-300

Postal Telegraph Co., 1914, orange, "P.R.R." official (Scott 15TO24), booklet pane of 8, each with handstamped serial no. 43, o.g., Very Fine.
Scott $250. (Image)

Estimate $150-200

Western Union Telegraph Co., 1913, brown, four unfinished sheets of four booklet panes each (Scott 16T44b), without serial numbers and uncut, resulting in six horizontal pairs per sheet being imperf between, o.g., never hinged.
Scott $960 as pairs. (Image)

Estimate $300-400