Sale 1116 — United States Stamps and Possessions
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 16-17 December, 2015
Category — Essays, Proofs and Specimens, Bank Note Issues thru 20th Century
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3067
E
3c Purple, Ordinance of 1787 Sesquicentennial, Large Die Essay on Glazed Card (795-E1). 49 x 33mm, Very Fine, an outstanding and extremely rare essay which differs significantly from the issued design -- only the portraits of Cutler and Putnam are similar, the frame is completely different and this also lacks the central scene of the U.S. map, unlisted in Scott, this originates from the estate of the engraver, Leo C. Kauffmann, and has never before appeared on the market, we have assigned it No. 795-E1
E. 400-500
425