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Categories • Stack's June 2005 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection Part XI → The Essays, Plate and Die Proofs from the Ford-Boyd Collection of United States Fractional Currency → Experimental Pieces for the First Issue |
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Experimental Essay for 'Postage Stamp Currency'. 25 Cents
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CH AU |
$2,200.00
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A uniface strip, undated with no location or imprint. Printed in bronze/gold surcharge type ink (like the Second Issue surcharges) on a moderately thick bond paper with a rippling texture. 129mm by 51mm. Across the center are five spaces framed with a single line around the perimeter and with double between where the 5¢ stamps would be placed. Across the top, 'United States 25 Cents legal Tender'' and at the bottom 'POSTAGE STAMP... more |
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| 221 |
Experimental Essay for the Act of July 17, 1862 Postage Currency. Fifty Cents
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$8,500.00
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Experimental Face and Back printed on the same side of paper. Oriented vertically with the face at the top and the back on the bottom. Printed on a sturdy buff bond paper using a ''ruling engine'' process as published in the 1889 AJN. Natural gutter fold that allows the Experimental to be folded and viewed as a face and back pair, as if an actual note. 101mm by 130mm. Milton 1E50FR.1. Uncertain rarity rating in Milton, but excessively... more |
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