United States and Possessions, Featuring the Irwin Weinberg Inventory

**Essays and Proofs**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
201	E	Gavit & Co., 5c Franklin, Black Die Essay on White Glazed (1Xa-E1e). 45 x 75mm, intense shade, usual slight translucencies outside the design, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 900.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
202	P	1847-1883 Issues, Plate Proofs on Card. Set of 174 card proofs with 17 original Post Office Department envelopes, as received by an employee of the Stamp Agency, complete sets for 1847, 1851, 1861, 1869, 1870, 1865 and 1874 Newspapers, 1873 Officials and 1879 Postage Dues, nice margins throughout, a few with minor toning, some of the envelopes with edge faults incl. 1851 nicked VERY FINE SET OF CARD PROOFS AND VERY RARE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL ENVELOPES. This collection is accompanied by an 1889 letter from the original owner stating in part, "U.S. Postage Stamps to 1883, order from Post Master General to have printed from the engraved plates the stamps used in America from the first stamps issued from 1847 to 1883 for gifts...I received a set of 174 stamps as I was in the Stamp Agency". Letter is partially stuck to photo album page. Scott Retail for just the proofs more than $6,000.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $7,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
203	P	5c Red Brown, Large Die Proof on India (1P1). Hybrid, cut to size and mounted on 49 x 60mm card with albino cross-hatching, deep rich color, Very Fine, Scott Retail as normal (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 800.00 SOLD for $200.00 Will close during Public Auction
204	TC	5c Black, 10c Green, Large Die Trial Color Proofs on India (1TC1a-2TC1a). 5c 41 x 52mm, 10c 53 x 66mm, both with cross-hatching, affixed to cards with signatures of engravers of 1947 CIPEX souvenir sheets, as well as officials of the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, very fresh VERY FINE. THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL DIE PROOFS LENT BY DEALER GEORGE B. SLOANE TO THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING & PRINTING FOR USE AS MODELS IN DESIGNING THE 1947 CIPEX SOUVENIR SHEETS -- WHICH CELEBRATED THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1847 ISSUE. When the Bureau of Engraving and Printing went about designing the 1947 CIPEX sheets, they did not have original dies of the 1847 Issue on hand. Famed dealer George B. Sloane lent his pair of 1847 large die trial color proofs to the Bureau to serve as models for their design. Before returning them to Sloane, the engravers and officials of the Bureau signed the cards. This is an historic set of die proofs and was a featured item in the famous Katharine Matthies collection. Ex Sloane and Matthies. Accompanied by an article from Stamp Collector magazine by Wayne Youngblood and a 1947 CIPEX souvenir sheet (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $5,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
205	TC	10c Blue Green, Orange Vermilion, Large Die Trial Color Proof on Bond (2TC1bf, 2TC1bi). 31 x 42mm and 29m x 33mm respectively with cross-hatching, fresh and Fine-Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 1,600.00 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
206	P	1847 Issue, Proofs Balance. Small group incl. No. 2P1a with cross-hatching, two sets of 3P4-4P4 plus extra 3P3 and 4P4, latter with added "gum", finally a later New Haven Conn. reprint and a forgery of 9X1, Fine-Very Fine group, Scott Retail for only the 1847 Issue items $2,400.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $800.00 Will close during Public Auction
207	E	3c 1851-70 Issues, Essays & Proofs. Diverse group incl. complete set of Atlanta Trial Color Proofs, Gavit & Co. Franklin and Washington essays, Draper, Welsh & Co. Washington essays, range of Danforth, Bald & Co. incl. No. 11-E13b, Bald, Cousland triple essay and several cut singles, small range of later Schernikow essays and others, a few typical flaws but overall a Fine-Very Fine and attractive group, Scott Retail more than $10,000.00 (Image) View PDF of contents of this lot Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $2,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
208	E	Gavit & Co., 3c Die Essay on Bond (11-E3d). Four, in Blue, Black, Scarlet and Brown, from second state of the die with dash above "P", three approximately 33 x 42mm, Black slightly smaller, fresh and Very Fine group (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 1,000.00 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
209	P	1c-90c 1857 Reprints, Plate Proofs on Card (40P4-47P4). Large margins, just one side on the 24c close, brilliant colors, unusually fresh and Very Fine set (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 575.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
210	P	5c Orange Brown, Plate Proof on India (42P3). Top margin block of four, rich color on bright paper, top right stamp small thin spot typical of India paper, light crease in bottom stamps, appears Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 550.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
211	P	1857-69 Issues, Proofs Balance. Substantial group mostly on old Siegel lot cards, wide range of items, 1857 Issue including No. 40TC in a block of nine (toned) and a pair, range of other plate proofs, large die proof No. 41P1 (toned), Roosevelt proofs of 1c and 3c, set of Atlanta trial color proofs in Blue, 1861 Issue including plate proofs with 74P3, couple trial color plate proofs, a few Specimens, block of 71P4, 1869 Issue including complete set of plate proofs plus extras, block of 112P3, hybrid large die proofs of 121P1-122P1, also a few later including 8c Columbian large die proof printed directly on card and photos of FDR drawings for the Defense Issue he helped design (Nos. 899-901), Fine-Very Fine balance Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,900.00 Will close during Public Auction