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Sale 69: The Robert Markovits Collection of Special Delivery

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1908 10¢ Green - The Merry Widow - Essays and Proofs

Lots 1101-1110 Lots 1111-1120 Lots 1121-1125

Lot 1101 E   

Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Black, Model Essay, stamp size preliminary engraving of original design drawing on with pencil shading, mounted on thick gray 108x80mm card, light crease to card only, Very Fine.
Scott No. E7-E1 var.    Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

THE UNIQUE 1908 10¢ SPECIAL DELIVERY DESIGN SKETCH.

Realized: $2,100

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Lot 1102 E   

Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Drawing Essay, black preliminary ink and pencil drawing of entire design with different design elements including "V" instead of a "U" in "US" and "CTS" instead of "¢" sign, on white drawing paper measuring 249x224mm, Very Fine.
Scott No. E7-E2    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,450

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Lot 1103 E   

Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Drawing Essay, black preliminary ink and pencil drawing of entire design, on white drawing paper, preliminary ink and pencil drawing closer to design as adopted with "US" but still featuring "CTS" instead of "¢" sign, on white drawing paper measuring 247x218mm, signed by the artist "Whitney Warren, 1908", Very Fine.
Scott No. E7-E3    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $800

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Lot 1104 E   

Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Woodblock Essays With Frameline Border, Design Submission Paste-Ups, two essays, first in dusky blue with dusky blue background printing and other in dusky blue green with blue green background printing, each mounted on off-white 88x66mm thick wove paper, latter with additional design corrections in yellow, a Very Fine and rare pair.
Scott No. E7-E4 var.    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

The earliest woodblock essays included a frame line which enclosed the entire design. The frameline was removed in later design submissions and is not present in the final design.

Realized: $950

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Lot 1105 E   

Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Dusky Blue Woodblock Essay With Frameline Border, Greenish-Blue Background, woodblock of entire design with inner background printing, mounted on tan 76x69mm thin card and signed "Whitney Warren, 1904" below, Very Fine.
Scott No. E7-E4 var.    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

THE ONLY RECORDED EARLY DESIGNER SUBMISSION ESSAY SIGNED AND DATED 1904.

Realized: $950

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Lot 1106 E   

Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Dusky Blue Woodblock Essay With Frameline Border, woodblock of entire design with yellow wash coloring in tablet and Merry Widow, on yellowish thin card, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott No. E7-E4 var.    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $650

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Lot 1107 E   

Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Dusky Blue Woodblock Essay With Frameline Border, woodblock of entire design on 85x67mm thin yellowish card, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott No. E7-E4 var.    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $325

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Lot 1108 E   

Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Woodblock Essays, Showing Woodblock Surround, group of three on yellowish wove paper comprising three different colors: blue, dusky greenish blue, and dull green with light green background printing, Very Fine and scarce group.
Scott No. E7-E4a, E7-E4a var.    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $950

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Lot 1109 E   

Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Woodblock Essays, With Background Printing, four woodblock essays of entire design on yellowish wove in different colors comprising: blue green with green background, dull grey blue with dull grey blue background, brown with reddish brown background and dull purple with dull purple background; first on card with light crease, Very Fine and scarce group.
Scott No. E7-E4a var.    $1,800.

The Scott catalog currently does not list the E7-E4 essay on thin card as shown by the blue green example here.

Realized: $1,500

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Lot 1110 E   

Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Woodblock Essays, With Hand Washed Background Color, two woodblock essays of entire design showing surround comprising blue green with tan background wash on thin yellowish card; and other blue green with green background wash on yellowish wove paper; latter with diagonal crease, Very Fine and scarce.
Scott No. E7-E4a var.    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $725

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