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

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1873 1¢ Postal Card Issue UX1 - Essays, Proofs, Specimens and Issued Cards

Lot 4037 E   

National Bank Note Co., 1873, 1¢ Red Violet on Thin Card, Progressive Die Essay, Typographed from engraved steel die on 68 x 85mm card showing full die sinkage, Very Fine and rare. Scott No. UX1E.
USPCC No. S1E-Zb var.    $4,000+.

THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY ESSAY SHOWING THE STAMP DESIGN THAT WAS ADOPTED FOR THE FIRST U.S. POSTAL CARD ISSUE ON THIN CARD SHOWING THE FULL DIE SINKAGE.

This is the only recorded example of this essay on thin card. Two presentation examples of this essay on thin glazed paper are signed in pencil by J. Macdonough.

Realized: $2,200

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