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Sale 81: The Sescal Sale

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Postal Stationery - 1886 2c Grant Lettersheet

Lot 1021 E   

Lettersheet, 1886, 2¢ dark blue, Design I, Large Die Essay on Ivory Paper, 47x67mm, die with "American Bank Note Co. N.Y." imprint and Die No. "C-151" crossed out and updated to "C-152", signed "Head, AJ" (Andrew Jones), "G. Downs" and "Frames Chas Skinner"; hinge thin, Very Fine, ex-Marcus White. Undersander No. E837b $1,500.
Scott No. U293E    Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

THE ONLY RECORDED SIGNED PRESENTATION EXAMPLE OF THIS FIRST DESIGN LARGE DIE ESSAY FOR THE 1886 2¢ GRANT LETTERSHEET.

This large die essay is also known unsigned in blue on ivory (E837a), and blue on white wove (E837c) with inscription "Presented by Asst. P.M. General Hazen to C.L. Webster". The former realized $3,850 in 2005. Andrew Jones was the vignette engraver and Charles Skinner the frame engraver.

Realized: $3,000

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