Lot 10
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1847, 5¢ orange brown, double transfer Type C (1b-C), four ample to large margins, handsome deep shade. Light face-free red grid cancel, which also leaves the double transfer totally visibly. Almost invisible pressed crease. Choice Very Fine appearance.
Scott $10,500
A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE DOUBLE TRANSFER TYPE C, OF WHICH LESS THAN FIFTEEN ARE KNOWN. THIS WAS THE DISCOVERY COPY.
Provenance: Wagshal
According to the late Jerome Wagshal, in an article on the A,B and C double transfers in the August 1995 Chronicle, these double transfers were produce late in the life of the original plate, after the plate was cleaned and a bit reworked towards the end of 1850. The relatively short time the reworked plate was in use would account for the rarity of this double transfer as compared to the A and B examples. In this article, Mr Wagshal provides a census of all the known double transfer type C, and listed 13, plus a half of a stamp in a strip.
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