Sale 1240 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 20-21 July, 2021
Category — Essays, Proofs and Specimens: 1870 thru 1904 Issues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
52
E
5c 1902-03 Issue, Pencil and Ink Drawing Essay on Onion Skin (304-E3). 107 x 110mm design on 141 x 128mm paper, hand-illustration depicting frame with partly nude figures (which were draped in the adopted design), other design differences but similar to the issued 5c stamp, bends as normal for this fragile paper, Very Fine and unique, attributed to Bureau designer Raymond Ostrander Smith, ex Curtis, illustrated in Scott Specialized Catalogue
3,000
800