Sale 976 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 29 September-2 October, 2009
Category — The Martin Richardson Gold Medal Collection of U.S. Post Office Seals (1877-1969 Post Office Seals)
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1888, Official Seal, Chocolate Hybrid Large Die Proof on India (OX5P1). Cut to shape and affixed to larger piece of India paper, die sunk on 92 x 70mm card, couple mount remnants on back, Very Fine and extremely rare, Kotanchik records only two large die proofs of the 1888 typograph, though he notes they are both printed directly on card and this is clearly a hybrid
750
250