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Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
3252	P	1c-10c Pan-American, Small Die Proofs on Wove (294P2-299P2). All removed from small gray card, very little if any residue on backs, 8c thin spot, overall Very Fine, only 85 sets produced (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 3,450.00 SOLD for $700.00 Will close during Public Auction
3253	P	1c-10c Pan-American, Small Die Proofs on Wove (294P2-299P2). Removed from original gray card backing, rich colors, 8c trivial wrinkling at upper left, Very Fine set, approximately 85 sets were produced (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 3,450.00 SOLD for $800.00 Will close during Public Auction
3254	P	1c-$5.00 1902-03 Issue, Small Die Proofs on Wove (300P2-313P2). Complete set, rich colors, each on original small gray card backing, 50c trifle oxidized and very tiny stray ink speck in left margin otherwise VERY FINE. A SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF 1902 ISSUE SMALL DIE PROOFS FROM A ROOSEVELT PRESENTATION ALBUM. Only 85 presentation albums were prepared. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 4,275.00 SOLD for $2,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
3255	E	Overrun Country Issue, 1943, Red, White and Blue Engraved French Flag Die Proof. 104 x 64mm on proof paper, pencil "Blue die 15714" at bottom left, "Red die 15713" at bottom right, while not the finished product that was printed by rotary offset, this was probably a guide to the engraver, Extremely Fine, believed to be unique, see Johl Vol II, pp 220-222 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
3256	E	5c Overrun Country, Large Die Frame Essay in Black (909E1 var.). 89 x 74mm die sunk on slightly reduced card (full die sinkage), this is the engraved frame only without a flag or country name, in production the flags and names were printed by rubber rotary process, the frame design by A. E. Foringer, engraved by Arthur C. Vogel, Extremely Fine, very rare with only two believed known to exist, this was featured in an Essay-Proof Journal article (Vol. 5, No. 2, April 1948) and given, at the time, a Brazer listing of 909E-C (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
3257	E	1944, Frank For Free Postage, Deep Red and Blue Engraved Die Essay on India (Brazer Essay O122E). 76 x 64mm and die sunk on larger card, Inscriptions around edge, with central design an outline of the United States and portraits of Army, Navy and Air Corps men, simulated perforations, card creases, the die itself Extremely Fine, signed in pencil "E.R. Grove '44" the engraver, frame engraved by G.W. Megee, believed to be no more than two known, see Essay-Proof Journal (Vol. 6, No. 4, October 1949) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
3258	E	5c United Nations Conference, Essay Photo Models (928E). Four different, each in special folder with "Treasury Department Bureau Of Engraving & Printing Washington, D.C." imprints and Silver embossed treasury seal, two are 3c, one with Allegory of Victory as on No. 907, two 5c, one with fairly similar design as adopted but no quotation marks or Roosevelt name, the other with smaller lettering and side view picture of FDR, Very Fine, the first time we have seen these, fascinating and no doubt scarce (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
3259	P	10c Blue, Orange, Special Delivery Plate Proofs on India (E1P3-E3P3). Blocks of four on original card backing, two of No. E2, different shades, one with plate no. 495, Extremely Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 875.00 SOLD for $475.00 Will close during Public Auction
3260	P	10c Blue, Special Delivery Large Die Proof (E4P1). Die sunk on 140 x 125mm card, pristine, Extremely Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 550.00 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
3261	P	1c-50c 1879 Postage Due, Small Die Proofs on Wove (J1P2-J7P2). Removed from original gray card backing, large margins, few with small thin spots, Very Fine appearance, perhaps 85 sets were produced (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 700.00 SOLD for $110.00 Will close during Public Auction
3262	P	1c-5c Red Brown, 1887 Postage Due, Plate Proofs on Card (J15P4-J18P4). Top right imprint, plate nos. and half arrows blocks of 14, wonderfully fresh and Extremely Fine, handsome unit, Scott does not list blocks or plate blocks of these proofs, thus Retail value is 14 times the single proof values (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 840.00 SOLD for $3,500.00 Will close during Public Auction

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