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VERY FINE. A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THE VERY RARE 12-CENT DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS, WITH ABOUT FIVE TO TEN REPORTED.
Ex Ford (Image)
VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXTREMELY RARE 24-CENT DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS ENCASEMENT. THE REED CENSUS REPORTS ONLY TWO TO FOUR SURVIVING EXAMPLES.
Both the Reed census and the Ford catalogue describer report no more than five examples known of this high-value encasement.
Ex Mayer (Image)
VERY FINE. THIS IS AMONG THE FINEST OF THE FEWER THAN FIVE REPORTED SURVIVING EXAMPLES OF THIS 30-CENT DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS ENCASED POSTAGE STAMP.
Ex Ford (where the stamp color was described as "typically faded," an opinion with which we disagree) (Image)
VERY FINE. A VERY RARE 12-CENT ELLIS McALPIN & COMPANY ENCASED POSTAGE STAMP, WITH ONLY FOUR TO FIVE REPORTED EXAMPLES.
The Ford sale catalogue (Stack's 6/23/2004, lot 484) reported four to five known after a revised census count.
VERY FINE. A RARE HIGH-VALUE ENCASEMENT, WITH FEWER THAN TEN REPORTED EXAMPLES.
The Ford sale catalogue (Stack's 6/23/2004, lot 486) notes "although a higher denomination than the 12 Cents, the 24 Cents issue is less difficult to find and we estimate there are about 10 to a dozen surviving."