Lot 1943 P
1869, 2¢-90¢ "Atlanta" trial color plate proofs on card, group of 53 different colors comprising 1¢ (five colors), 2¢ (four colors), 3¢-10¢ (five colors), 12¢ (four colors), 15¢ (four different), 24¢ (all 12 colors), 30¢ (7 different) and 90¢ (2, brown frame black vignette and blue frame brown vignette); most with large margins, a fresh and Very Fine group, a beautiful group of 1869 issue Atlanta trial color proofs.Scott No. 124TC4//132TC4 $14,075.
The Atlanta trial color plate proofs on card were prepared for display at the 1881 International Cotton Exposition in Atlanta. Only one sheet of 100 of each value/color was printed.
Realized: $5,000