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EXTREMELY FINE. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ENCASED POSTAGE RARITY WITH AN ESTIMATED TWO TO FOUR EXTANT.
The Ford sale catalogue (Stack's 6/23/2004, lot 448) described the 30c Burnett's as "Possibly just three known" and "may only be as few as two."
Ex Ford and Mayer (Image)
VERY FINE. FEWER THAN SIX EXAMPLES OF THE H. A. COOK 5-CENT ENCASEMENT ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST. ONLY TWO DENOMINATIONS WERE ISSUED BY THIS FIRM.
Ex Mayer (Image)
FINE. A RARE 10-CENT COOK ENCASEMENT. ONLY TWO DENOMINATIONS WERE ISSUED BY THIS EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, DRY GOODS MERCHANT.
The 10c is the more available of the two Cook encasements, but still only 11-15 are reported in Reed census. (Image)
VERY FINE. THE REED CENSUS ESTIMATES ONLY ELEVEN TO FIFTEEN ONE-CENT DOUGAN THE HATTER ENCASED POSTAGE STAMPS HAVE SURVIVED IN ANY CONDITION.
Dougan the Hatter, located at Nassau and Ann Street in New York City, produced the distinctive "hat" encasement to advertise his business. (Image)
VERY FINE. RARE, WITH AN ESTIMATED SURVIVING POPULATION OF BETWEEN ELEVEN AND FIFTEEN.
The Reed census reports 11-15 known. (Image)
FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 5-CENT DOUGAN THE HATTER ENCASEMENT, OF WHICH FEWER THAN FIVE ARE REPORTED KNOWN.
The Ford sale catalogue (Stack's 6/23/2004, lot 459) reports "fewer than five known" of this elusive Dougan the Hatter 5c encased postage stamp. (Image)
VERY FINE. A PARTICULARLY CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE VERY RARE 10-CENT DOUGAN THE HATTER ENCASED POSTAGE STAMP. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THERE ARE NO MORE THAN TWO TO FOUR SURVIVING EXAMPLES.