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EXTREMELY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE KNOWN OF THE ORIGINAL BROWN LARGE DIE PROOF FOR THE 5-CENT 1856 ISSUE. A GREAT RARITY AND A WONDERFUL SHOWPIECE.
Our examination of die and plate proofs for Scott No. 12 yielded some interesting observations. The large die proof offered here shows a portion of the design impinging on the colorless oval around the portrait. This can also be found on the large die trial color proofs and the small die proofs. It is not found on any plate proofs, and so this extra portion of the design must have been removed prior to laying down the plate, from either the die or, more likely, the transfer roll.
Earl Oakley describes the four reliefs used during printing of the 5c 1856 in The Chronicle No. 45, July 1963 (pp. 14-18). The four reliefs can be distinguished from one another by distinctive marks in the colorless oval at top left. One possible theory is that after the transfer roll was made the extra portion of the design was removed from the reliefs on the transfer roll. This would explain the distinctive reliefs, which were caused by inconsistencies in the burnishing of the four reliefs on the transfer roll.
Ex Finkelburg and Mayer. (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE ORIGINAL LARGE DIE TRIAL COLOR PROOF FOR THE 5-CENT 1856 ISSUE.
This is one of seventeen different die proofs sent by J. S. Ralph of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to Charles D. Hilles, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in 1910. It is accompanied by a copy of the transmittal letter, dated August 11, 1910, which states, "I hand you herewith some 17 miscellaneous die proof impressions of stamps, and after a diligent search through every nook and corner of the Bureau, I find these are the only ones which are not part of our official records. The above were executed for the Post Office Department..."
Ex Klein and Mayer (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE TRIAL COLOR PLATE PROOF OF THE 5-CENT 1856 ISSUE.
VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PLATE PROOF OF THE 5-CENT 1856 ISSUE ON WOVE PAPER. VERY FEW ARE KNOWN.
Ex Mayer. With 1988 P.F. certificate (Image)