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FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST OF THE FEW KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THE SIMMONS IUKA ISSUE ON WATERMARKED PAPER. A HIGHLIGHT OF THE SCARSDALE MATCH & MEDICINE COLLECTION.
The Dr. Simmons stamps were originally engraved and printed with the Iuka inscription. After the firm moved to St. Louis, the inscription was changed. The "Iuka" stamps were normally printed on silk paper, and the "St. Louis" stamps on Bureau watermarked paper. The "Iuka "on watermarked paper is a great rarity. Richard Friedberg offers the theory that the first supply delivered by the Bureau was printed with the "Iuka" inscription, and that Simmons returned the stamps with a request to change the address to St. Louis. This stamp probably comes from the returned sheets and has a faint pencil "St. Louis" notation in the margin. Only six examples of the "Iuka" on watermarked paper are recorded in the Aldrich census.
Ex Tolman (Image)
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FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE UNLISTED SYRACUSE ONE-CENT BLUE EXPERIMENTAL SILK PAPER WRAPPER.
No examples of the Experimental Silk Wrapper were offered in either the Joyce or Tolman sales. This issue is not listed in either the Aldrich census or Scott. With 2010 P.F. certificate (Image)
VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PRIVATE DIE MEDICINE ISSUE WITH A FANCIFUL SEA SERPENTS DESIGN.
The Aldrich book records only 14 copies, half of which are faulty. (Image)
FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 8-CENT JAMES SWAIM DIE CUT ISSUE WITH MANUSCRIPT SIGNATURE. ONLY NINE ARE RECORDED.
Of the nine examples recorded in the Aldrich book, not a single one is sound, with creases and tears the norm.
With 2009 P.F. certificate (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE RARE 8-CENT WILLIAM SWAIM ISSUE ON SILK PAPER.
The Aldrich book records only nine examples of this issue, six of which are reported as faulty.