Sale 1232 — United States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 30-31 March, 2021
Category — Essays, Proofs and Specimens
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1007
E
Toppan, Carpenter & Co., 1c Black, Die Essay on India (63-E8). 31 x 36mm on card, showing layout lines from the original 1c 1851 Issue die, altered with bottom corners cut out and numeral "1" etched in pencil, Very Fine and extremely rare essay, there are four varieties of the 1861 pencil-drawn numeral essays from Toppan, Carpenter & Co. recorded (Nos. 63-E5 to 63-E8), each is probably unique, illustrated in Scott U.S. Specialized Catalogue
2,000
2,200