Lot 1072
1869 3¢ Plate Number Capture Collection, mounted collection of seven covers comprising plate numbers 7 (believed to be only one known), 8, 9, 10 (2), 11, and 12, the latter three (10-12) having nearly complete captures of the numbers, 7-9 are small part only, some small faults, Fine, scarce and probably the largest group of these formed.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
A UNIQUE OFFERING OF THIS INTERESTING COLLECTING AREA.
Provenance: One No. 10 and the No. 12 are Ex-"Lafayette"
Plate 7 illustrated in Three Cent 1869 Plate Number Stamps on Cover with Theories on Plate Usage, R.H. Stever, 1982 Register, fig. 2.
Plate 10, illustrated in same, figs. 8 & 10.
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