Sale 930 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 February, 2007

Category — Essays, Proofs and Specimens: Back-of-Book Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1264
E
Sale 930, Lot 1264, Essays, Proofs and Specimens: Back-of-Book Issues3c Minerva, Harris Automatic Press Company Offset Essay on Hard White Wove Paper (Brazer 385a-E2a, 385-E2b, Scott TD28, TD29). Horizontal pair of each, large margins, first with natural paper wrinkle, Very Fine, scarce, Harris installed one of their presses in the B.E.P. to demonstrate production of stamps by the offset method, the design was adopted from the 2c 1901 Issue, the presses were not adopted at that time but were used for printing some Revenue stamps, particularly Tax Paids

E. 750-1,000
750