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Sale 80: The Bradley Horton Collection of United States Postal Cards

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1914 1¢ Postal Card Issue UX27 - Issued Cards Including UX27C & UX27D

Lot 4288    

1916, 1¢ Green on Gray, Die 1, Mint card without preprinted address, exceedingly fresh with crisp corners, Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott No. UX27C    $3,250.

A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE MINT DIE 1 ON GRAY ROUGH-SURFACED CARD.

In 1916, during a war-time paper shortage, this substandard grade of card stock was used temporarily, for a period of about two months. It was sold only in sheets to printers for application of printed addresses, accounting for their great rarity without printed addresses.

Realized: $2,000

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