Lot
2503 E
Hymen L. Lipman, Philadelphia (Unstated Value) Orange Red on White Wove Card, Forerunner Postal Card Essay, lithograph design on 132 x 79mm thick white wove card, locally addressed, franked with 1870, 1¢ ultramarine (145) tiny margin nick at bottom, tied by blue square cork handstamp, reverse with printed H.L. Lipman postal card and stationery advertisement datelined "Philadelphia, May 28, 1872", Very Fine. Scott No. UX1E.USPCC No. S1E-Ba Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
ONE OF THE FEW USED EXAMPLES OF THE 1872 LIPMAN FORERUNNER POSTAL CARD ESSAY.
On June 8, 1872, the law authorizing the Postmaster General to provide postal cards was signed by President Grant. The Third Assistant Postmaster General then requested the bank note companies and card suppliers to submit proposed designs and data for the first U.S. cards on June 25th 1872. H.L. Lipman submitted three postal card designs to Gen. W.H.H. Terrell on June 28th 1872, one month after this card was produced.
Realized: $4,250