| The Ted Lockyear Collection/Justice Dept. - Essays and Proofs |
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Lot 1656 |
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1873 Post Office Announcement of Official Stamps, a two-page circular to all postmasters dated May 15, 1873 advising of the abolishment of the franking privilege as pf the first day of July 1873, and that "the Postmaster General is required by law to provide postage stamps and stamped envelopes of special design for each of the several Executive Departments of the Government, for the pre-payment of postages on official matter passing through the mails." The circular goes on to describe the stamps and colors including that the Department of Justice will be in purple, minor splitting at folds, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1657 |
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1870, 1¢ black, large die essay on India (145-E10 var.), die sunk on reduced 22 x 32 mm card, hinged on cream backing paper, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1658 |
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1870, 2¢ black, large die essay on white glazed paper (146-E10), 64 x 77 mm, hinged on cream backing paper, signed in pencil by the frame engraver, "D. S. Ronaldson", Very Fine and scarce with signature.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 1659 |
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1870, 3¢ black, large die essay on India (147-E10 var.), die sunk on reduced 25 x 31 mm card, mounted on cream backing paper, small surface scrape, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1660 |
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1870, 12¢ black, large die essay on white glazed paper (151-E10), 39 x 44 mm, hinged on cream backing paper, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
The discovery of the characteristic secret mark in the lobes of the "2" on the 12¢ value, added when the die was turned over to Continental in April, 1873, was the first evidence that these essays were actually printed later, after the original frames had been cut off the transfer relief in order to produce the multiple new dies for the departmental stamps.
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Lot 1661 |
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1870, 15¢ black, large die essay on white glazed paper (152-E4), 56 x 77 mm, hinged on cream backing paper, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1662 |
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1870, 30¢ black, large die essay on white glazed paper (154-E6), 39 x 44 mm, hinged on cream backing paper, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1663 |
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1870, 90¢ Regular Issue essay on India paper (155-E3a), vignette only essays, first in orange-brown on India die sunk on card and hinged to cream backing paper, 15 x 20 mm, second in dark red violet on India hinged to cream backing paper, couple small faults including a paper wrinkle, Fine.
Scott $1,200
Regressive die essays of the 10¢ 24¢ and 90¢ values have not survived.
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Lot 1664 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ mock-up essay in black (O27-E1), model with an engraved vignette, numeral, and value label design (147-E10) on yellowish card, cutout and mounted on white card with a pencil and wash drawing for the frame design as adopted for the Department of Justice, mounted on 90 x 118mm backing card signed by the designer Joseph Claxton, minor small backing corner chip, Very Fine.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
THE UNIQUE ARTIST'S MODEL.
Provenance: Morris, Markovits
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Lot 1665 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ deep green, trial color large die proof (O27TC1), India paper die sunk on 72 x 84mm card showing full die sinkage, pencil notes "Justice" and "Good shade of purple.", Very Fine and rare with color notation.
Estimate 500 - 750
Originally, the new official stamps were to be printed in the same colors as the regular issues, reflected by die proofs pulled in light ultramarine (1¢), deep brown (2¢), deep green (3¢), or brown carmine (6¢).
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Lot 1666 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ deep green, trial color large die proof (O27TC1), India paper die sunk on 65 x 78mm card with full die sinkage, couple light toning spots, Very Fine.
Scott $350
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Lot 1667 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ black, trial color large die proof (O27TC1), India paper die sunk on 70 x 82mm card with full die sinkage, Very Fine and choice.
Scott $350
Die proofs were also pulled in black to check the engraving quality.
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Lot 1668 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ trial color plate proofs (O27TC3, O27TC4), singles in various colors comprising lemon yellow on India paper, bister yellow on India paper, black on India paper, dull orange on card, and black violet on card with selvage and portion of marginal inscription, couple small India faults, otherwise Very Fine, the examples on card are unlisted in Scott.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1669 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ bister yellow, trial color plate proof on India (O27TC3), plate number 28 block of 4. Block of four. Trivial paper wrinkles. Very Fine.
Scott $360+
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Lot 1670 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ bister yellow, trial color plate proof on India (O27TC3), top margin imprint strip of 4. Trivial India flaws, vivid color. Very Fine.
Scott $360
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Lot 1671 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ trial color proofs on India (O27TC3), two pairs, first in black with left sheet margin, second in dull orange, trivial India flaws, strong colors, Very Fine.
Scott $360
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Lot 1672 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ trial color plate proof on card in dull violet (O27TC4 var), upper left corner imprint block of ten, pale shade, Very Fine and rare unlisted in Scott.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1673 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢-90¢ complete, "Goodall" trial color small die proofs (O25TC-O34TC), set of 40 in four colors (deep green, dull red, black, and deep brown), scattered India paper flaws, most on original cards with the exception of the 1¢ 2¢ and 3¢ values in three of the colors, Very Fine and choice set.
Scott $5,700
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Lot 1674 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢-90¢ complete, "Atlanta" trial color plate proofs on card (O25TC-O34TC), complete set on thin card in all five colors, full margins, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $2,063
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Lot 1675 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢-90¢ "Atlanta" trial color plate proofs in blue (O25TC-O34TC), complete set in blocks of four on thin card, full margins except for the 30¢ that is close at top, Very Fine and rare.
Scott $1,604
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Lot 1676 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢-90¢ complete, large die proofs (O25P1-O34P1), India paper die sunk on full card, 150 x 204mm, complete set of ten values on the Lockyear exhibition pages with engraver information provided, Very Fine.
Scott $800
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Lot 1677 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢-90¢ complete, small die proofs (O25P2-O34P2), complete set on India paper die sunk on the full original gray card page from the "Roosevelt" album, trivial tear in border matting, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $1,000+
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Lot 1678 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢-90¢ complete, small die proofs ("Panama-Pacific") (O25P2a-O34P2a), full margins, some minor faults and slight toning as usual, Very Fine and fresh set, exceedingly rare with only three to five sets known to exist.
Scott $2,750
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Lot 1679 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢-90¢ complete, plate proofs on India (O25P3-O34P3), complete set of matched lower left margin blocks of four. Couple trivial faults. Very Fine and choice set.
Scott $500
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Lot 1680 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢ purple, plate proof on India (O25P3), complete sheet of 100. Beautiful color, selvage trimmed as typical on the surviving Official India proof sheets. Couple trivial India faults and tone spots in upper left margin. Very Fine and choice.
Scott $1,250+
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Lot 1681 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢-90¢ complete, plate proofs on card (O25P4-O34P4), two sets of different printings, the first (1879) in bright purple and the third (1890) in plum, with original envelopes in which they were purchased. Very Fine and choice sets.
Scott $160+
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Lot 1682 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢-90¢ complete, plate proofs on card (O25P4-O34P4), blocks of 4. 10¢ has slight double kiss impression, nice margins. Very Fine.
Scott $500
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Lot 1683 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢-90¢ complete, plate proofs on card (O25P4-O34P4), with blue handstamped "Specimen" overprints, few small faults including a small crease in the 6¢ F.-V.F.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
ONE OF TWO RECORDED SETS, EACH SET WITH A DIFFERENT FONT.
Expertization: 90¢ with 1990 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 1684 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢-12¢ 30¢-90¢ values (O25-30, O33-34, O106-107), generally very well centered, most with faults, 90¢ without gum, but a handsome set from the Lockyear exhibit. Very Fine appearance.
Scott $3,810
Expertization: O107 with 1982 A.P.S. Certificate.
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