Sale 1003 — Specialized U.S. Collections, Air Post, Foreign Stamps & Covers
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 15-17 December, 2010
Category — Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Issue (Essays, Proofs, Specimens)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5004
E
2c Alaska-Yukon, Model Essay (370-E4). 92 x 75mm card with wash drawing of frame similar to that adopted with seal essay cut out and mounted over Seward vignette derived from an 1876 bond (Bureau Die No. 2373), vignette background retouched with black wash, three-line endorsement "Approved subject to addition of the name Seward, as indicated in letter of Director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, dated April 24, 1909" and signed by F.H. Hitchcock, "Postmaster General."VERY FINE. A MARVELOUS AND UNIQUE ESSAY.
Ex Brazer
2,250
2,400