Lot 2329
Confederacy, Springfield Facsimiles Collection, production collection housed on album and stock pages in binder; includes four original proof designs (1862 5¢ & 1863 20¢ on board backing with original touch up and 1863 10¢ with and without frameline on thin glazed card, original photographic proof set-up of 25 for the original plate of the 1862 5¢ and 1863 10¢ issues, final black proofs in thin glazed in blocks and sheets for 8 different issues with additional, few other additional photographic proof items, complete set of original Springfield sheets with additional, Tasco booklet and Tatham Co. return label, etc.; a fascinating group.Estimate $500 - 750.
Beginning in the mid 1930's, a set of 14 counterfeits of the Confederate General Issue stamps were made and sold by a stamp dealer in Springfield, Mass. These facsimiles were also used in the TASCO Booklets prepared in 1941 by the Tatham Stamp Company of Springfield, Mass. In order to make the counterfeits, a set of original drawings made by August Dietz in 1919 were used. The drawings were copyrighted, and the use of these drawings was done without the permission of August Dietz.
Realized: $725