Sale 1061 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday, 19 November, 2013

Category — Essays and Proofs, 1870 to Back-of-Book

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3256
E
Sale 1061, Lot 3256, Essays and Proofs, 1870 to Back-of-Book5c Overrun Country, Large Die Frame Essay in Black (909E1 var.). 89 x 74mm die sunk on slightly reduced card (full die sinkage), this is the engraved frame only without a flag or country name, in production the flags and names were printed by rubber rotary process, the frame design by A. E. Foringer, engraved by Arthur C. Vogel, Extremely Fine, very rare with only two believed known to exist, this was featured in an Essay-Proof Journal article (Vol. 5, No. 2, April 1948) and given, at the time, a Brazer listing of 909E-C

E. 1,500-2,000
1,100