Lot 380 P
Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, plate proof on wove, full even margins, gorgeous deep color and sharp impression which shows every detail of the lithograph, fresh and Very Fine, a rare proof with fewer than 10 believed to exist; with 2013 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 2P5 $1,750.
These 10¢ blue lithograph proofs originate from a book kept by George Offutt, Chief of the Post Office Department's Contract Bureau.
Realized: $1,600