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United States Stamps

Essays and Proofs (Postmasters Provisionals thru 1869 Pictorial Issue)
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1001 TC ImageNew York N.Y., 5c Washington, Trial Color Plate Proofs on Bond (9X1TC5). Seven, including all four Scott-listed colors plus duplicates of Brown, Green and Scarlet, also with 9X1P on white bond (listed in Scott as footnote), all with large margins, last with pinhole, Fine-Very Fine group (Image)

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 1,525.00

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1002 TC ImageNew York N.Y., 5c Washington, Trial Color Plate Proofs on Bond (9X1TC5). Three, including Deep Blue, Brown and Scarlet, large margins to clear, fresh and Very Fine (Image)

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 600.00

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1003 P U.S. Postage Stamp Presentation Album with Plate Proofs on Card. Attractive leather and clothbound volume with gold-stamped "Hon. William Whiting, Holyoke Mass. 1885", horizontal-format pages with each page approximately 240 x 160mm, title page reads "Specimens of American Postage Stamps 1847-1885", each page contains one plate proof on card with frame around each stamp and Issue year, starting with 1847 Issue and including Franklin and Eagle Carriers, 1851-56 Issue, 1861-66 Issue, 1869 Pictorial Issue, one set of Bank Note issues, also Officials, Newspapers and Periodicals and Postage Due, pages with some slight buckling to be expected as all proofs are in the center of their respective pages, overall fresh and Very Fine, an unusual presentation binder, the recipient was an active Republican in local and national politics and was a paper manufacturer

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 E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1004 TC Image5c 1847 Issue, Large Die Trial Color Proof on Bond (1TC1b). Four, including Deep Blue, Orange Vermilion, Black and Dull Blue Green, each slightly larger than stamp size, each with trace of cross-hatching at edge of one margin, bright colors, Very Fine (Image)

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 4,000.00

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
1005 TC Image10c Orange Vermilion, Large Die Trial Color Proof on Bond (2TC1bi). Stamp size, radiant color, fresh and Very Fine, scarce, with 1988 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 800.00

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
1006 TC Image10c Deep Blue, Large Die Trial Color Proof on Thin Glazed Card (2TC1de). Stamp size, rich color, fresh and Very Fine, scarce (Image)

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 850.00

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
1007 TC Image5c, 10c 1847 Reproductions, Atlanta Trial Color Proofs on Card (3TC4, 4TC4). Complete sets of all five colors, large margins, rich colors

VERY FINE. A SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF THE ATLANTA TRIAL COLOR PROOFS FOR THE 5-CENT AND 10-CENT 1847 REPRODUCTIONS.

The Atlanta trial color plate proofs on card were prepared for display at the 1881 International Cotton Exposition in Atlanta. Only one sheet of 50 in each color was made available after 1881. They were cut up into one set of blocks of eight, two sets of blocks of four, two sets of pairs and singles. Very few have been kept together as intact sets. (Image)

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 3,000.00

SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1008 TC Image5c, 10c 1847 Reproductions, Atlanta Trial Color Proofs on Card (3TC4, 4TC4). Complete sets of blocks of eight of all five colors, vivid colors, large margins to full, 5c Scarlet with small scissors-cut between left stamps, 10c Scarlet with small scoring-line between left stamps

EXTREMELY FINE. A PHENOMENAL SET OF BLOCKS OF EIGHT OF THE ATLANTA TRIAL COLOR PROOFS FOR THE 5-CENT AND 10-CENT 1847 REPRODUCTIONS.

The Atlanta trial color plate proofs on card were prepared for display at the 1881 International Cotton Exposition in Atlanta. Only one sheet of 50 in each color was made available after 1881. They were cut up into one set of blocks of eight, two sets of blocks of four, two sets of pairs and singles. Very few have been kept together as intact sets. The existence of this set of blocks of eight is truly remarkable.

Scott Retail as singles (Image)

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 24,000.00

SOLD for $27,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1009 P Image1847 Issue Proofs. Four items each with "SPECIMEN" overprint, including 1TC3a, 2TC3a, two others for 5c on India or Bond, margins to in, few faults, appear Fine (Image)

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 E. 400-500

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
1010 P Image5c Red Brown, 10c Black, 1847 Reproductions, Large Die Proof on India, Bond (3P1, 4P2b). Approximately 26 x 31mm, showing cross-hatching, fresh and Very Fine (Image)

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 1,550.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
1011 P Image5c Orange Brown, 1847 Reproduction on Wove (3P2). Removed from gray card backing, bright color, Very Fine (Image)

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 425.00

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

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