Lot 861 E
(Proofs & Essays) 1851, 3¢ Washington Essay, By Danforth, Bald & Co., die on India, off card, two essays in red brown and green measuring 40x42mm and 39x50mm respectively, larger than listed, fresh and Extremely Fine.Scott No. 11-E10b $400.
Realized: $280
Lot 862 E
(Proofs & Essays) 1851, 3¢ Washington Essay, By Draper, Welsh & Co., in Black, vignette only, with imprint, die on India die sunk on 117x149mm card, Very Fine.Scott No. 11-E9c $300.
Realized: $350
Lot 863 E
(Proofs & Essays) 1851, 3¢ Washington Essay, By Danforth, Bald & Co., in Blue, die on India, off card, 40x42mm, light paper wrinkle, Very Fine.Scott No. 11-E12b $300.
Realized: $125
Lot 864 P
(Proofs & Essays) 3¢ Red, Type I, Plate Proof on India, Brush Obliteration, 7.5 Rouletting, horizontal pair, margins to just touching, horizontal 7.5 gauge rouletting along bottom through "three cents", fresh and Very Fine; 1965 P.F. Certificate, 1995 Wilson Hulme authentification letter.Scott No. 11P3 var. $2,000+.
As part of an investigation into the feasibility of perforation, two sheets of 200 stamps (400 total) from Plate 4 in an 1856 color on India paper were printed. Brush stroke obliterations were added. One sheet of 200 went to W. M. Bemrose & Sons and the other 200 went to Perkins Bacon & Co., who was assisting Toppan Carpenter in purchasing the perforating wheels and overall size of the machine.
Somewhere along the way, Bemrose ran their machine and attempted to roulette it. It is not clear why they did so, because the paper was too flimsy for such an operation. One of these lines of rouletting that went along the top margin of the left pane has been known for a number of years. However, there was a second line of rouletting about three quarters of the way down the sheet that was not reported. This pair belongs to that row. The "natural paper crease" as described on the original 1965 P.F. Certificate is actually a line of rouletting, gauging about 7.5 according to Wilson Hulme. Other copies have since been re-constructed showing this rouletting.
Realized: $4,250
Lot
865 
(Advertising) 3¢ Dull Red, Type I, large margins except just touched at lower left, fresh color, tied by neat "Baltimore Md. Jan 21" cds on buff cover to Martinsburg, Va., dark blue Dare & McClure Tobacco merchant cameo corner card; hor. fold through address, a Very Fine use. Scott No. 11 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $125
Lot
866
(Advertising & Illustrated) 3¢ Dull Red, two embossed valentines envelopes, yellow bearing #11 cancelled by manuscript strokes and matching "Plainville Mich Oct 27" postmark docketed 1856 on back, and second with #11A cancelled by cross-hatched manuscript and matching "Lunenburg Ms. Oct 20" postmark to Mason Village N.H.; F.-V.F. Scott No. 11/11A Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot
867
(Paper Varieties) 3¢ Dull Red, Type I, Silk Paper Variety, ample to large margins, sheet margin and centerline at right, small piece out of bottom right, tied by "Scion N.Y. May 10" cds on light buff cover to Cuba, N.Y.; cover corner faulty, Fine and very interesting and unique silk paper variety. Scott No. 11 var. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
This stamp shows two distinct blue silk threads on each side of the 'button'. Less visible, but less discernible at two red silk threads to the right of the upper right rosette. This paper is apparently white-wove machine-made paper, the usual used for the printing of the 3¢ 1851-57 issue. According to Dr. Carroll Chase, "Paper is occasionally found that shows a foreign substance embedded in it, but because a really excellent quality was used, this happened but rarely." This stamp is from the left pane of plate 7 in the 1856 deep yellowish rose red shade.
Lot
868
(Usages) 3¢ Dull Red, Type I, strip of three, margins to slightly in, used with 1857, 1¢ blue, corner copy with s.e. at left and top, all tied by two strikes of "San Francisco Cal. Jan 5, 1860" cds on buff cover to Wells River, Vt., F.-V.F., A scarce mixed issue franking for the 10¢ trans-continental rate via the Butterfield route. Scott No. 11 + 24 Estimate $400 - 600.
Lot
869
(Usages) 3¢ Dull Red, Type I, horizontal strip of four, mostly large margins, clear to touching in places, tied by "Murphy's Cal. Jan. 18" cds on buff cover to Charlton, N.Y., right stamp originally folded over edge, refolded with crease pressed out, Fine, a nice double-rate franking for the 6¢ transcontinental rate. Scott No. 11 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $200
Lot
870
(Usages) 3¢ Dull Red, Types I & II, strip of three, pair and single, margins to cutting, all tied by manuscript cancels on 3¢ Nesbitt buff entire (U10) to Einbeck, Hannover via Bremen at the 15¢ treaty rate, red "N.York U.S. Pk. 'Paid 6' Dec 1" exchange cds, blue "America/uber Bremen/Franco" transit, blue Einbeck (12.22) arrival backstamp, F.-V.F. Scott No. 11/11A Estimate $200 - 300.