2c Alaska-Yukon, "Southgate" Large Die Proof on Wove (370P1). 76 x 91mm, with blue Bureau control no. 361802 at bottom, deep color on fresh paper, faint horizontal crease at bottom well away from the die and control number

VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE "SOUTHGATE" LARGE DIE PROOF OF THE 1909 ALASKA-YUKON ISSUE, PRODUCED DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.

According to research by essay-proof authority James E. Lee and an article by Clarence Brazer in the Essay-Proof Journal, three sets of full-size unmounted die proofs on wove paper were produced in the 1930s by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) -- covering issues from the 1898 Trans-Mississippi through the 1934 Mother's Day. One set, with proving room numbers on the face, remained full size and became part of the Hugh M. Southgate collection (thought to be part of a trade with the BEP) and then the Caroline Prentiss Cromwell collection. This proof comes from that set. The other two sets were trimmed to small die proof size.

Ex Southgate and Prentiss Cromwell. Scott value as normal large die proof.

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