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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 749

Canada
1928 (c) "Eckerlin" imperforate slightly oversize reversed impression 3c. essays in black, orange-red, blue and green, each in a complete sheetlet of twenty-five (5x5) on ungummed thick paper; the black sheet with five slightly "short" impressions. Fine and extremely rare in complete sheets. Photo

"Note: Dr. Eckerlin was director of Herbst & Illig of Frankfurt-am-Main. In 1928 Dr. Eckerlin contacted the American Bank Note Company for the purposes of promoting a proprietary rotary intaglio printing process that was faster and cheaper than steel engraved printing. Herbst & Illig provided a small selection of ABNC banknote vignette proofs and experimental sheets of the 3c. Admiral design, slightly enlarged and in reverse to prevent accusations of forgery

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Sold for
£1,600