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**Specialized 3c 1851-57 Issue (Proofs and Trial Proofs)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
116	TC	3c Black, Trial Color Plate Proof on Wove (11TC5). Margins to tiny bit in, lightened vertical penstrokes which were applied by the printer, Chase note on back states "almost surely Plate 4" FINE AND RARE. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED TRIAL COLOR PROOFS IN BLACK. The last example to be offered was in our sale of the Falk Finkelburg collection in September 1999, where it realized $2,500. This and the other example were last offered in our sale of the Piller collection in 1993. Ex Brazer, Joyce and Piller. (Image)	3,000.00	3,500.00
117	P	3c Red, Ty. II, Plate Proof on India (26P3). Two singles comprising reconstructed horizontal pair, large margins to in at lower right, few faults incl. partly rebacked with archival tape, Very Fine appearance, scarce in any form, Scott Retail as two singles (Image)	2,500.00	625.00
118	P	3c Red, Plate Proof on India, Bemrose Roulette (11P3 var). Top right corner margin block of four, Positions 9-10/19-20L4, brush stroke obliterations, large to huge margins all around incl. sheet margin at top and part of sheet margin at right, rich color, Bemrose roulettes at top only, few faults incl. thin spots EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PROOF SHOWING EXPERIMENTAL BEMROSE ROULETTES AT TOP. A WONDERFUL HISTORICAL ARTIFACT OF THE EXPERIMENTS LEADING UP TO THE PERFORATING OF UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS. In October 1856, Toppan, Carpenter purchased a machine from Bemrose & Sons of Derby, England, which could either perforate or roulette postage stamps. At the same time, Toppan, Carpenter sent two full sheets of proofs (obliterated with penstrokes) to the manufacturer so that the cyliner and rouletting wheels could be adjusted prior to shipment of the machines to the U.S. However, the proofs were unsuitable for this purpose due to the fragile nature of the India paper, as is evidenced by the uneven rouletting at top. Scott Retail for normal Plate Proof on India with no premium for the rouletting. (Image)	5,000.00	2,800.00
119		3c Orange Red, Horizontal Roulette and Perf 15-1/2 x 16 (11 var). Vertical pair, Positions 85/95L2L, part original gum, "cancelled" by intersecting ruled lines, separate rouletting and perforating horizontally and perforations at left, Fine and very rare, illustrated and described by Dr. Chase on pp. 174-175 of his 3c book as trial perforations of Toppan, Carpenter & Co. from a late 1855 printing of Plate 2L (Image)	E. 500-750	2,600.00
120		3c Dull Red, Private Roulette Perforation (11 var). Horizontal pair, long sawtooth perforations at bottom and s.e. other sides incl. guideline at right, clear strike of "Washington D.C. Dec. 11" cds, tiny tear at top left VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE EXAMPLE OF THIS SAWTOOTH PRIVATE PERFORATION. Very little is known about this private perforation. It was originally part of a horizontal strip of four, illustrated in The Chronicle, No. 86, May 1975, p. 80. (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	1,250.00

Specialized 3c 1851-57 Issue (Proofs and Trial Proofs)

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

116

3c Black, Trial Color Plate Proof on Wove (11TC5). Margins to tiny bit in, lightened vertical penstrokes which were applied by the printer, Chase note on back states "almost surely Plate 4"

FINE AND RARE. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED TRIAL COLOR PROOFS IN BLACK.

The last example to be offered was in our sale of the Falk Finkelburg collection in September 1999, where it realized $2,500. This and the other example were last offered in our sale of the Piller collection in 1993. Ex Brazer, Joyce and Piller. (Image)

3,000.00

3,500.00

117

3c Red, Ty. II, Plate Proof on India (26P3). Two singles comprising reconstructed horizontal pair, large margins to in at lower right, few faults incl. partly rebacked with archival tape, Very Fine appearance, scarce in any form, Scott Retail as two singles (Image)

2,500.00

625.00

118

3c Red, Plate Proof on India, Bemrose Roulette (11P3 var). Top right corner margin block of four, Positions 9-10/19-20L4, brush stroke obliterations, large to huge margins all around incl. sheet margin at top and part of sheet margin at right, rich color, Bemrose roulettes at top only, few faults incl. thin spots

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PROOF SHOWING EXPERIMENTAL BEMROSE ROULETTES AT TOP. A WONDERFUL HISTORICAL ARTIFACT OF THE EXPERIMENTS LEADING UP TO THE PERFORATING OF UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS.

In October 1856, Toppan, Carpenter purchased a machine from Bemrose & Sons of Derby, England, which could either perforate or roulette postage stamps. At the same time, Toppan, Carpenter sent two full sheets of proofs (obliterated with penstrokes) to the manufacturer so that the cyliner and rouletting wheels could be adjusted prior to shipment of the machines to the U.S. However, the proofs were unsuitable for this purpose due to the fragile nature of the India paper, as is evidenced by the uneven rouletting at top.

Scott Retail for normal Plate Proof on India with no premium for the rouletting. (Image)

5,000.00

2,800.00

119

3c Orange Red, Horizontal Roulette and Perf 15-1/2 x 16 (11 var). Vertical pair, Positions 85/95L2L, part original gum, "cancelled" by intersecting ruled lines, separate rouletting and perforating horizontally and perforations at left, Fine and very rare, illustrated and described by Dr. Chase on pp. 174-175 of his 3c book as trial perforations of Toppan, Carpenter & Co. from a late 1855 printing of Plate 2L (Image)

E. 500-750

2,600.00

120

3c Dull Red, Private Roulette Perforation (11 var). Horizontal pair, long sawtooth perforations at bottom and s.e. other sides incl. guideline at right, clear strike of "Washington D.C. Dec. 11" cds, tiny tear at top left

VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE EXAMPLE OF THIS SAWTOOTH PRIVATE PERFORATION.

Very little is known about this private perforation. It was originally part of a horizontal strip of four, illustrated in The Chronicle, No. 86, May 1975, p. 80. (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

1,250.00