3c 1851 Issue, Color Study by Year (10-11A). Ten index cards with mounted stamps organized by year, 1851 cards contain 12 singles of No. 10 or 10A, shades include the standard Orange Brown as well as Yellowish, Reddish and Brownish shades, one on Part India paper (Scott Retail $1,250.00), also late 1851 Plate 1L Experimental Orange Brown, 1852 cards with 17 stamps showing early and late Clarets, range of Brownish Carmine from pale to deep (incl. straddle-pane margin pair with centerline), 1853-55 cards with 18 stamps ranging from Dull Red to shades of Dull Rose Red and pale to deep Orange Red, 1856 cards with 16 stamps showing range of Yellowish Rose Red, Brownish Carmine, as well as an 1856 Orange Brown and 1856 Pinkish (Orange Brown mounted on an 1851 card), 1857 cards with 16 stamps and one cover showing the range of Clarets, finally an 1857 card with Dull Rose Brown, Dull Yellow Brown and the rare Plum (Scott Retail $2,000.00), a few pen-cancelled but overall attractive four-margin stamps prevail, a valuable and Very Fine color chart, several stamps accompanied by notes from the premier color specialist of the Issue, Dr. Amonette

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