Sale 1037 — United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 10-14 December, 2012
Category — Essays and Proofs (Newspapers and Periodicals)
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2c-$60.00 1875 Issue, Panama-Pacific Small Die Proofs on Wove (PR9P2a-PR32P2a). Complete set of 24, bright colors, large margins, some display the usual light toning that normally affects these issuesVERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE SET OF PANAMA-PACIFIC SMALL DIE PROOFS FOR THE 1875 NEWSPAPER ISSUE.
It is believed that only four to five of each were printed. A Power Search review found no other examples from this issue sold in our auctions
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