Kirkpatrick & Gault, New York, 30c Orange (EP119). Stamp with rich shade suggestive of the Deep Orange seen on the 30c First Color (Scott 61), positioned with "Thirty Cents" well-framed by bottom edge of case (this encasement is usually not well-centered), small bit of soiling evident in cross light, tiny mica flaw at right, intact case with a brightly colored reverse

VERY FINE. THIS KIRKPATRICK & GAULT ISSUE IS ONE OF THE FEW 30-CENT ENCASEMENTS WHICH EXIST IN ANY SORT OF COLLECTIBLE QUANTITY.

Joseph Kirkpatrick was a small-time munitions importer and president of the United States Dispatch Company in New York City. He became John Gault’s partner in the summer of 1862. According to research by Fred L. Reed III, Gault and Kirkpatrick probably met through a mutual business associate, William V. Barkalow. The Kirkpatrick & Gault encasements solicited “Applications for Advertising on this Currency” and gave the 1 Park Place address.

The Reed census assigns an R-6 rating to the 30c Kirkpatrick & Gault (16-20 known). With clear 2006 P.F. certificate

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