Sale 1011 — United States Stamps & Postal History, Foreign
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 21-24 June, 2011
Category — Essays and Proofs - 1845 thru 1861 Issues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
302
E
5c Brown, Frame Only, 1895 Hybrid Die Essay on India (1-E3). Stamp size and on 40 x 51mm India, affixed to thin card, India with albino cross-hatching as typically seen on color proofs of the period, small hole at bottom right inside frameVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE POSTHUMOUS ESSAY OF THE FIRST REGULAR-ISSUE UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMP.
Ex Lake Shore and Hansen
2,500
1,600