Sale 1283 — Commemoratives, Featuring Morton Trans-Mississippi, Brody Jamestown and Haber 1909 Issues
Sale Date — Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
Category — 1907 Jamestown Issue: Essays and Proofs
1c-5c Jamestown, Small Die Proofs on Wove (328P2-330P2). Each approximately 40 x 32mm, mounted on quadrille cards making it difficult to determine the exact nature of the paper but discussions with essay-proof specialists point to these being Roosevelt proofs but with slightly larger margins, radiant colorsVERY FINE SET OF ROOSEVELT SMALL DIE PROOFS OF THE 1907 JAMESTOWN ISSUE. ROOSEVELT PROOFS OF ISSUES AFTER THE ALBUMS CAME OUT IN 1903 ARE VERY RARE.
In 1903, 85 Roosevelt presentation albums were prepared and 75 were initially given away. The Jamestown issue was not released until 1907 and so was not included in the album production. Ten albums were initially retained and several years after the first albums were released, some of those ten were updated with stamp issues that came after 1903. We do not know for certain how many were updated, or how many post-1903 proofs were printed and not affixed to albums. Suffice to say that Roosevelt proofs of post-1903 issues are significantly rarer than proofs of the earlier issues. A Power Search review reveals that this is only the second complete set we have offered since keeping computerized records 30 years ago.
