Sale 1061 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday, 19 November, 2013
Category — Essays and Proofs, 1870 to Back-of-Book
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1c-$2.00 Trans-Mississippi, Large Die Proofs on India (285P1-293P1). On approximately 201 x 126mm cards with full die sinkage, vivid colors, free of the toning specks often encounteredEXTREMELY FINE. A SCARCE AND BEAUTIFUL SET OF FULL-SIZE LARGE DIE PROOFS OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE.
We have offered surprisingly few complete sets over the years -- an average of less than one per year since 2000. This is easily one of the freshest we have offered
5,950
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