Sale 1209 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 22-23 October, 2019
Category — Essays, Proofs and Specimens: 1870 thru later Issues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1069
E
3c Parcel Post, Designer's Model on Thick Gray Cardboard (Q3-E2). Stamp-size photographic essay of wash drawing, mounted on 122 x 97mm card with pre-printed "Approved", manuscript "Feb. 22, 1913" and signed by Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock, few insignificant scuffs on cardVERY FINE AND UNIQUE ESSAY PREPARED FOR THE 3-CENT PARCEL POST ISSUE.
From our 2009 Rarities sale. Illustrated in Scott
5,000
2,600