• Login (enter your user name) and Password
    Please Login. You are NOT Logged in.

    Quick Search:

  • To see new sales and other StampAuctionNetwork news in your Facebook newsfeed then Like us on Facebook!

Login to Use StampAuctionNetwork.
New Member? Click "Register".

StampAuctionNetwork Extended Features

StampAuctionNetwork Channels
 
You are not logged in. Please Login so that we can determine your registration status with this firm. If you have never registered, please register by pressing the [Quick Signup (New to StampAuctionNetwork)] button. Then Login. Listen to Live Audio!


 
logo

The Georgian Collection of United States Postal Cards continued...

Paid Reply Essays (Franklin W. Brooks) continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2455 E Image1c + 1c Black on White, Franklin W. Brooks, New York, Paid Reply Card Essay (UY1E-Ib). Style with one printed card enclosed in printed folded white wove sheath, perforated at bottom thru all three layers with "Tear off communication, and write reply on back of enclosed card." printed below perforations, Very Fine and rare (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 $ 1,500.00

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
2456 E Image1c + 1c Black on White and Buff, Franklin W. Brooks, New York, Paid Reply Card Essays (UY1E-Ic, UY1E-k). Balance of two cards in different formats, one is separated into two pieces, other missing inside card, Very Fine appearance, UPSS value as normal $3,000.00 (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
2457 E Image1c + 1c Black on Buff, Franklin W. Brooks, New York, Paid Reply Card Essay (UY1E-Jc). 132 x 258mm triple folded card with printing on two ends, perforated at bottom of both printed sections and at top of blank section, "Tear off communication, and write reply on back of enclosed card." printed below bottom perforations, opened for display, Very Fine and one of the rarest of the Brooks essays (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 $ 2,000.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
2458 E Image1c + 1c Black on Buff, Franklin W. Brooks, New York, Paid Reply Card Essay (UY1E-Jda, db). Four large format cards with printing at top and bottom, two 132 x 258mm with "Tear off communication, and write reply on back of enclosed card." printed at bottom, also two without the bottom printing, one 131 x 240mm and the other 132 x 258mm, the latter unlisted in this size, Very Fine group and scarce despite the modest UPSS value (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 $ 800.00

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
2459 E Image1c Black on White Wove, Franklin W. Brooks, New York, Liberty Paid Reply Card Essay (UY1E-KA). Liberty head essay, 30 x 37mm in negative, fresh and Very Fine, UPSS catalog states three known, this essay was created in part using the National Bank Note Co. vignette of Liberty from the first postal card issue of 1873, this essay then formed the basis for the extensive Brooks second design essay cards that follow, it was with these that he waged his main campaign to persuade Congress to accept his patent (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 $ 500.00

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
2460 E Image1c + 1c on Card, Franklin W. Brooks, New York, Liberty Paid Reply Card Essays (UY1E-La-g). Style depicting two Liberty Head vignettes at right with "United States Return Postal Card" between, no other printing, 26 cards representing all the UPSS listings for this type except for UY1E-Lf, beautiful range of ink and card colors without duplication, some unlisted, a small number with corner flaws

VERY FINE AND RARE COLLECTION OF THE BROOKS 1879 LIBERTY HEAD PAID REPLY CARD ESSAYS.

UPSS value at $300.00 each (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 $ 7,800.00

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
2461 E Image1c + 1c on Buff, Franklin W. Brooks, New York, Liberty Paid Reply Card Essays (UY1E-M, MA, MB). Group including three styles, depicting two Liberty Head vignettes at right, with and without "United States Return Postal Card" between, top with "Patent Reply Post Card" or "Patent Reply Postal Card", 19 cards in a wide range of ink colors and combinations, Very Fine (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 $ 2,375.00

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
2462 E Image1c Carmine + 1c Brown on White, Franklin W. Brooks, New York, Liberty Paid Reply Card Essay (UY1E-M var). Style depicting two Liberty Head vignettes at right, without legend between, top with "Patent Reply Post Card", frame around front edge changes color with the stamps, back with panel perforated at top and bottom near edges, Very Fine, unlisted in UPSS catalog and undoubtedly very rare (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
2463 E Image1c + 1c on Dark Buff, Franklin W. Brooks, New York, Liberty Paid Reply Card Essays, Specimen (UY1E-MBbS). Two in different colors, style depicting two Liberty Head vignettes at right, with legend between, top with "Patent Reply Postal Card", both handstamped "Specimen. National Bank Note Company, No. 1 Wall St., New York," white panels on back with perforations near top and bottom, one partly separated, Very Fine and scarce pair (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 $ 800.00

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
2464 E Image1c + 1c on Card, Franklin W. Brooks, New York, Liberty Paid Reply Card Essays (UY1E-Na-g). Style depicting two Liberty Head vignettes at right with bi-colored "United States Return Postal Card" between, "Write address only on this side -- messages on the other" at top and "Tear off communication and write reply on back of card" at bottom -- each in the color of the nearby stamp, 24 cards without Specimens, wonderful range of ink and card colors without duplication, Very Fine, these are particularly striking with the color division from top to bottom on each card (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 $ 3,000.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
2465 E Image1c + 1c Green on Card, Franklin W. Brooks, New York, Liberty Paid Reply Card Essays (UY1E-N var). Two cards, on Buff and off-white, style depicting two Liberty Head vignettes at right in the same color, legend between, "Write address only on this side -- messages on the other" at top, "Tear off communication and write reply on back of card" at bottom, both with white backing sheets perforated near top and bottom, Very Fine and rare, unlisted in UPSS catalog (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

StampAuctionCentral and StampAuctionNetwork are
Copyright © 1994-2022 Droege Computing Services, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Mailing Address: 20 West Colony Place
Suite 120, Durham NC 27705
Back to Top of Page