Sale 1242 — The Gordon Eubanks Collection: United States 1851 to 1856 Imperforate Issue
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 12-13 October, 2021
Category — Three-Cent: Essays and Proofs
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Cat./Est. Value
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131
E
Toppan, Carpenter, Casilier & Co., 3c Black, Die Essay on India (11-E22). 37 x 45mm, showing layout lines, intense shade and impressionEXTREMELY FINE AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE. THIS IS THE ONLY ESSAY DESIGN SHOWING THE CORNER ROSETTES. AN IMPORTANT EXHIBITION PIECE.
Some students consider this to be one of the proof impressions of the die used for the Roosevelt and Panama-Pacific small die proofs. Others, including the late Clarence Brazer, consider this to be one of the die essays produced in 1851.
We have sold one in Black and one in the other listed color, Dusky Blue. However, those examples differed from the one offered here. This example shows clear die layout lines, while the others do not.
Ex Dr. Chase, Brazer, Joyce and Piller (where illustrated on the front cover of the catalogue). Scott value $10,000.00
E. 5,000-7,500
6,500