Sale 1118 — The Don David Price Iconic Collection of U.S. Bicolored Issues

Sale Date — Tuesday, 15 March, 2016

Category — 1901 Pan-American Issue Essays and Proofs

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
170
E
Sale 1118, Lot 170, 1901 Pan-American Issue Essays and Proofs[2c Pan-American], Large Die Proof of Partly Adopted Design Elements (295-E). On 125 x 152mm card with full die sinkage, depicting winged female figures and ornamentation at sides of oval, most of which were adopted for use on the issued stamp, some toned spots, Very Fine and attractive item, a torch was added to the outside hands of the figures for the issued design, a closer version of the design shown here was used for the 1901 Series legal tender $10.00 banknote, Johl notes it was likely the stamp design was copied from the currency issue

E. 300-400
450