Lot 1001
E
Newspaper, 1865, 5¢ large die essay, in blue on wove (PR1E), without "National Bank Note Company, New York" imprint at the bottom, 168 x 94mm showing full size of the working die (120 x 62.3mm), bold impressions of two screws which held the die to the press bed, unfinished corners light soiling at top of essay, two small thins at bottom, well below design Very Fine unlisted in Brazer or Scott.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
A UNIQUE ESSAY AND A MOST IMPORTANT ITEM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 1865 NEWSPAPER ISSUE.
Provenance: Earl of Crawford
The six finely scribed lines around the design are distinctive for the 1865 large die essays and trial color proofs, as first described by Barbara Mueller in her article in the Proof and Essay Journal, No. 167, pgs. 102-118. The scraping at top of the die by the screw hole is identical to the later large die trial color proofs, proving this essay to be an earlier stage of the working die because of the missing Bank Note imprint, later added. This essay additionally displays the correct color of the stamp, making it a direct forerunner of the issued stamp. Consequently, we believe that the proper Scott number for this item sould be PR1-E1.
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