Lot 1698
Confederacy, Samuel C. Upham Facsimile Sheets Collection, of 21 sheets and an additional 31 individual plating stamps; includes complete sheets of six (with Upham imprint) of the Provisional 5¢ Baton Rouge (2 sheets), 2¢ & 5¢ Memphis, 5¢ Mobile, 5¢ Nashville in red and gray, New Orleans 2¢ blue and red and 5¢ brown, Regular issue with 5¢ green and blue (with and without imprint), 10¢ red and blue in sheets of 12 and in 6 with imprint (blue sheet of 12 with top 6 stamps inverted), and later 1863 10¢ design tête-bêche sheet appears to be Upham.Estimate $500 - 750.
Samuel C. Upham starting selling his creation in 1862, only one year into the Civil War.
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Realized: $1,000