Lot
4153 P
1885, 1¢ on Buff, Trial Color Proofs, group of 6 different colors comprising black, blue, gloomy gray violet, green, gray-blue (clipped lower left corner) and light purple on clipped card, Very Fine. Scott No. UX8TC. USPCC No. S7TCe $1,500.
As early as October 15, 1885, less than two months after the first of these cards was issued on August 24, C. C. Woolworth requested a change of color from brown to black, claiming that the base color of the brown ink is vermillion which attacked the metal plates and brown ink clogged the fine lines of the engraving. Trial color proofs were submitted to the Postmaster General on January 11, 1886.
Realized: $575