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VERY FINE. THE UNIQUE HAND-DRAWN INK AND WASH COMPOSITE ESSAY OF THE ADOPTED FRAME FOR THE 2-CENT PAN-AMERICAN ISSUE.
Pencil note on back from Clarence Brazer. (Image)
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VERY FINE. THIS VIGNETTE-ONLY PROOF FOR THE 2-CENT PAN-AMERICAN ISSUE IS LIKELY UNIQUE.
The 2c depicts the Empire State Express, which was photographed by A. P. Yates of Syracuse while the train was going 60 miles per hour. This is the only vignette-only 2c Pan-American proof listed in Scott. The date at bottom is more than five months before the stamps were issued on May 1, 1901. (Image)
VERY FINE. THIS FRAME-ONLY PROOF FOR THE 2-CENT PAN-AMERICAN ISSUE IS LIKELY UNIQUE.
This is the only printed frame-only essay listed in Scott for the 2c Pan-American. (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE SET OF THE PAN-AMERICAN LARGE DIE PROOFS. DESIRABLE WITH THE BLUE CONTROL NUMBERS ON BACK.
Not all sets have the blue control numbers. (Image)
VERY FINE. THE UNIQUE SET OF LARGE DIE PROOFS ON WOVE PAPER OF THE PAN-AMERICAN ISSUE, WHICH WERE PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT.
According to an article by Clarence Brazer, three sets were printed. One set -- each off card and with a blue control number on the face side -- is the so-called "Southgate" set, which was sold in our Sale 1040 (realized $24,000 hammer). Brazer notes that the other two sets -- including issues up to the 1933 Century of Progress -- were trimmed to small die proof size (about -3/16-inch margins) and mounted on loose leaf pages. One of these two sets was arranged in four albums and given to Franklin D. Roosevelt (the source of this Pan-American set). The other is said to have been presented to a friend and has not become available to philatelists. The margins on the set offered here are larger than noted by Brazer, who may have been mistaken as to the margin size.
Ex President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Each with purple "Ex Roosevelt, Gimbels" backstamp. Unlisted in Scott (Image)