Lot 524
E
Official Seal, 1877, original pen-and-ink drawing on thick brown paper (OX1-E), preliminary sketch referred to in two letters from the National Bank Note Company. Very Fine. unlisted.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
THE UNIQUE PEN-AND-INK DRAWING FOR THE 1877 POST OFFICE SEAL.
Provenance: Earl of Crawford, Christiansen
The following is content from the National Bank Note Company letters that refer to the drawing: 10 February 1877, "Your favor of instructions came to hand this morning with draft of the Official Seal for use of the Dead Letter Office. Before engraving, we will make a drawing which will give you a fair idea of the design", and 19 February 1877, "Wherein we hand you model for dead letter stamp which we trust will please you"
Reference:
Illustrated, "The Post Office Seals of the United States - Volume One: The Regular Issues", Adam Perkal & Seymour Kazman, 1983, p. 127, fig. 90.
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