Sale 1179 — United States and Possessions

Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 March, 2018

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Category — Essays, Proofs and Specimens: 1847 thru 1861 Issues

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2002
TC
Sale 1179, Lot 2002, Essays, Proofs and Specimens: 1847 thru 1861 Issues5c and 10c 1847 Reproduction, Atlanta Trial Color Proofs on Card (3TC4, 4TC4). Complete sets of all five colors, full to ample margins throughout, fresh colors, two 5c with small inconsequential thin spots in top margin

VERY FINE COMPLETE SET OF THE ATLANTA TRIAL COLOR PROOFS OF THE 5-CENT AND 10-CENT 1847 REPRODUCTIONS.

The Atlanta trial color plate proofs on card were prepared for display at the 1881 International Cotton Exposition in Atlanta. Only one sheet of 50 in each color was made available after 1881. They were cut up into one set of blocks of eight, two sets of blocks of four, pairs and singles. Very few have been kept together as intact sets.

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