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 5c Red Brown, 10c Black, 1847 Reproductions, Plate Proofs
on India (3P3, 4P3). Complete Sheets of 50, each with large outer margins, crisp shades, 10c with distinct plate scratches throughout first four horizontal rows which are not found on any of the stamps or proofs on card and bond, 5c Positions
31/41 also show scratches, couple inconsequential India paper imperfections, Position 10 in 10c sheet has trivial pinholeEXTREMELY FINE. A SPECTACULAR AND RARE SET OF SHEETS OF 50 OF THE 5-CENT AND10-CENT 1875 REPRODUCTION PLATE PROOFS ON
INDIA. Clarence Brazer discussed the 1847 Issue essays and proofs in a 1947 Essay-Proof Journal article. The extensive plate scratches on the 10c India sheet are not found on the stamps printed in 1875 nor on the cardboard proofs produced
between 1879 and 1893. Brazer opined that the India plate proofs were therefore produced about 1894 after the damage had occurred. Brazer estimated in his 1947 article that "probably five or six sheets of each value exist on India paper." We do
not know the basis for Brazer's estimate, but we believe this might be one of only two sets of sheets extant. Photographs of a set appear in the catalogues for the Jack Dick collection (ex Brazer), and Lilly collections which appear to slightly
differ from this set, and in our 1976 Rarities sale and a 1993 Christie's sale which appear to match this set. We have been unable to identify any other sets of sheets on India. The India paper proofs are much scarcer than the card proofs, so it is
unlikely that more than one or two sheets were cut up. Ex "Bedford." Scott Retail as blocks and singles (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
$ 31,000.00
SOLD for $62,500.00
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