Auction: 168 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 296
Proof and essay collection of several hundred mounted on quadrilled pages, proofs are mostly card proofs including #3-4P4, 40-47P4, some 1861s, plus a 5c Brown large dies proof, 112-22P4, Bank Notes and small Bank Notes to 90c, 230-45P4 with duplicates to 30c, Officials apparently complete, plus a few with "Specimen" overprints, Newspapers, etc., among the essays are five different Gavit & Co. essays, three of which are for Albany, some nice early Washington essays, Decalcomania essays including blocks, 1877 Philadelphia Bank Note Co. compound frame essays (8) and more, some toning or small faults, most appear to be fine-very fine.
Sold for
$5,000