Sale 1048 — 2013 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Tuesday, 25 June, 2013
Category — Essays and Proofs: 1869 Pictorial Issue Safety Paper Essays
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
111
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5c Carmine, Die Essay on Scarlet Safety Paper, Type 1 Underprint (115-E3a). 33 x 31mm, bright complementary die and underprint colors, trivial corner crease at bottom right, Very Fine, only four different essays are recorded with this underprint, this and the following lot make up the entire population of 5c essays, ex Earl of Crawford and Finkelburg
3,250
2,200
112
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5c Orange, Die Essay on Scarlet Safety Paper, Type 1 Underprint (115-E3a). 30 x 31mm, vivid colors, thinned at top, Very Fine appearance, ex Earl of Crawford
3,250
1,400
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5c Carmine, Die Essay on Violet Safety Paper, Type 2 Underprint (115-E4a). 32 x 31mm, deep rich colors, Very Fine, the paper on which the 1869 safety essays were printed is very thin and fragile and was described by Clarence Brazer as "thin wove", it appears similar to India paper and many examples show thin fibers like those found in India paper, as such completely sound examples such as this are vastly in the minority, this and the following lot represent the entire population of 5c essays with this underprint, ex Earl of Crawford and Finkelburg
3,250
2,100
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5c Orange, Die Essay on Violet Safety Paper, Type 2 Underprint (115-E4a). 28 x 31mm, bright colors, slight translucencies or thinning as normally encountered, Very Fine appearance, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
3,250
1,500
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30c Carmine, Die Essay on Violet Safety Paper, Type 2 Underprint (115-E4c). 34 x 37mm with margins that extend above and below the underprint, rich complementary colors, small thin spots, Very Fine appearance, ex Earl of Crawford and Kuphal
3,500
1,500
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30c Orange, Die Essay on Violet Safety Paper, Type 2 Underprint (115-E4c). 30 x 32mm, bright color and crisp impression, slight thinning at top, Very Fine appearance, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
3,500
1,300
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5c Carmine, Die Essay on Brown Safety Paper, Type 3 Underprint (115-E5a). 31 x 30mm, gorgeous depth of color for both the die proof and the underprint, trivial thin spot at top left, Very Fine, a particularly striking combination, ex Earl of Crawford and Finkelburg
3,250
1,500
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5c Orange, Die Essay on Brown Safety Paper, Type 3 Underprint (115-E5a). 32 x 30mm, glowing die color, couple minor thin spots, Very Fine appearance, the underprints in Brown are scarcer than the Scarlet, this and the previous lot represent the complete listings of the 5c essay with Brown underprint, there are also two other 5c essays known with a Brown Type 13 and Type 15 underprints, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
3,250
1,500
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10c Carmine, Die Essay on Orange Red Safety Paper, Type 3 Underprint (115-E5b). 30 x 29mm, gorgeous colors, tiny thin spot at edge, Very Fine, a beautiful example with the vignette clearly visible, ex Earl of Crawford and Brazer
5,000
2,000
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30c Carmine, Die Essay on Orange Red Safety Paper, Type 3 Underprint (115-E5c). 32 x 32mm, underprint with horizontal orientation, lovely color, light hinge stain and thins, appears Very Fine, for some of the 1869 Safety Paper essays Scott lists both horizontal and vertical underprint orientation if one design is known with both, Scott does not list different orientations for this design, ex Earl of Crawford and Brazer
3,500
1,200
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5c Orange, Die Essay on Scarlet Safety Paper, Type 4 Underprint (115-E6a). 28 x 28m, vivid color, tiny thin, Very Fine, this is the only 5c die color known with this underprint type, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
3,250
1,200
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10c Carmine, Die Essay on Scarlet Safety Paper, Type 4 Underprint (115-E6b). 40 x 35mm, vibrant color, minor small thins, Very Fine and particularly desirable in this larger size, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
5,000
2,300
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10c Blue, Die Essay on Scarlet Safety Paper, Type 4 Underprint (115-E6b). 27 x 27mm, bright die color, faults incl. long repaired corner tear, appears Very Fine, ex Earl of Crawford and Brazer
5,000
1,200
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5c Orange, Die Essay on Black Safety Paper, Type 5 Underprint (115-E7a). 30 x 26mm, underprint design ends at top of die impression creating an interesting visual effect, typical hinge thin near top, appears Very Fine, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
3,250
1,200
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10c Carmine, Die Essay on Scarlet Safety Paper, Type 5 Underprint (115-E7b). 38 x 35mm, bright colors and beautiful impression, tiny flaw at top, Very Fine appearance, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
5,000
1,700
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10c Dark Brown, Die Essay on Black Safety Paper, Type 5 Underprint (115-E7b). 42 x 32mm, deep shades of die proof and underprint, slight hinge staining and typical thinning at top, also tiny hole, Very Fine appearance, ex Earl of Crawford and Brazer
5,000
1,500
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30c Carmine, Die Essay on Scarlet Safety Paper, Type 5 Underprint (115-E7c). 36 x 32mm, vivid complementary colors, slight translucency at top does not even qualify as a thin, Very Fine, this and the following lot represent both listings of the 30c essay with this underprint, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
3,500
1,500
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30c Carmine, Die Essay on Black Safety Paper, Type 5 Underprint (115-E7c). 32 x 33mm, intense colors, thin spot at top as nearly always, Very Fine appearance, ex Earl of Crawford, Juhring and Lake Shore
3,500
1,500
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30c Carmine, Die Essay on Black Safety Paper, Type 6 Underprint (115-E8c). 43 x 38mm, shows the full bottom and left trailing edges of the underprint pattern, rich color, small thin spot at top, appears Very Fine, a desirable large size example of this beautiful essay, unique as are most of the 1869 Safety Paper essays, ex Earl of Crawford and Finkelburg
3,500
2,500
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30c Orange, Die Essay on Black Safety Paper, Type 6 Underprint (115-E8c). 45 x 38mm, shows the full top and right trailing edge of the underprint pattern, thin spot, Very Fine appearance, a wonderful and striking large size example of this unique essay, ex Earl of Crawford and Finkelburg
3,500
2,400
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5c Carmine, Die Essay on Black Safety Paper, Type 7 Underprint (115-E9a). 32 x 32mm, gorgeous deep die color on crisp Black underprint, thin spots at top corners from hinge removal, still beautiful and Very Fine appearance, ex Earl of Crawford and Finkelburg
3,250
1,600
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5c Orange, Die Essay on Black Safety Paper, Type 7 Underprint (115-E9a). 31 x 31mm, rich color, faint thin at top, Very Fine appearance, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
3,250
950
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30c Orange, Die Essay on Black Safety Paper, Type 7 Underprint (115-E9c). 33 x 33mm, soft color on dark wavy underprint pattern gives the essay an almost psychedelic appearance, usual minor thin at top, Very Fine appearance, this is the only 30c essay recorded with this underprint, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
3,500
1,500
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10c Carmine, Die Essay on Scarlet Safety Paper, Type 8 Underprint (115-E10b). 40 x 35mm, showing edge of underprint design at right, deep rich die color stands out nicely against the underprint, tiny inconsequential thin spot, Very Fine, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
5,000
1,600
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10c Orange Red, Die Essay on Scarlet Safety Paper, Type 8 Underprint (115-E10b). 40 x 35mm, bright complementary colors, minor hinge stain and translucency at top, large size and Very Fine appearance, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
5,000
1,500
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10c Blue, Die Essay on Scarlet Safety Paper, Type 8 Underprint (115-E10b). 42 x 38mm, full size and showing the edges of the underprint where the pattern is incomplete at right, deep rich color, couple faint thins, Very Fine appearance, a striking example of this underprint, this and the two previous lots represent the entire supply of 10c essays with the Type 8 Underprint, ex Earl of Crawford and Brazer
5,000
2,200
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15c Orange Brown, Die Essay on Orange Safety Paper, Type 9 Underprint (129-E3). 32 x 32mm, fresh and bright colors, small thin at top, appears Very Fine, the 15c Type III are among the very few 1869 Safety Paper essays where we have encountered more than one example (we have offered others of this color and underprint type in our Brazer and Lake Shore sales), ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring, Brazer listed this essay in vertical underprint format only, this is repeated in Scott Catalogue though the photo in Scott is in horizontal format, three of the four we have encountered have the underprint in horizontal format
3,500
3,250
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15c Blue Green, Die Essay on Orange Safety Paper, Type 9 Underprint (129-E3). 30 x 31mm, deep shade, thinning and slight wrinkling at top from hinge, appears Very Fine, ex Earl of Crawford and Juhring
3,500
1,700
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15c Dark Blue, Die Essay on Orange Safety Paper, Type 9 Underprint (129-E3). 29 x 30mm, rich color, deeply scraped top right corner, Very Fine appearance, ex Earl of Crawford and Brazer
3,500
1,300
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