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1847 Issue Essays & Proofs<br />
COMPLETE PLATE PROOF SHEETS ON INDIA PAPER<br />
William H.Gross<br />
23 Pa 5c Red Brown, 10c Black, 1847 Reproductions, Plate Proofs on India (3P3, 4P3). Complete<br />
Sheets of 50, each with large outer margins, crisp shades, 10c with distinct plate scratches<br />
throughout first four horizontal rows which are not found on any of <strong>the</strong> stamps or proofs on<br />
card and bond, 5c Positions 31/41 also show scratches, couple inconsequential India paper<br />
imperfections, Position 10 in 10c sheet h<strong>as</strong> trivial pinhole .........................................................<br />
EXTREMELY FINE. A SPECTACULAR AND RARE SET OF SHEETS OF 50 OF THE 5-CENT AND<br />
10-CENT 1875 REPRODUCTION PLATE PROOFS ON INDIA. .............................................................<br />
Clarence Brazer discussed <strong>the</strong> 1847 Issue essays and proofs in a 1947 Essay-Proof Journal article.<br />
The extensive plate scratches on <strong>the</strong> 10c India sheet are not found on <strong>the</strong> stamps printed in<br />
1875, nor on <strong>the</strong> cardboard proofs produced between 1879 and 1893. Brazer opined that<br />
<strong>the</strong> India plate proofs were <strong>the</strong>refore produced about 1894 after <strong>the</strong> damage had occurred.<br />
Brazer estimated in his 1947 article that “probably five or six sheets of each value exist on<br />
India paper.” We do not know <strong>the</strong> b<strong>as</strong>is for Brazer’s estimate, but we believe this might be<br />
one of only two sets of sheets extant. Photographs of a set appear in <strong>the</strong> <strong>catalogue</strong>s for <strong>the</strong><br />
Jack Dick collection (ex Brazer) and Lilly collection, which appear to differ slightly from <strong>the</strong><br />
set offered here. This set appears to match <strong>the</strong> set offered in our 1976 Rarities sale and a<br />
1993 Christie’s sale. We have been unable to identify any o<strong>the</strong>r set of sheets on India. The<br />
India paper proofs are much scarcer than <strong>the</strong> card proofs, so it is unlikely that more than<br />
one or two sheets were cut up. .....................................................................................................<br />
Ex “Bedford.” Scott Retail <strong>as</strong> blocks and singles ............................................... 31,000.00<br />
SIEGEL-SHREVE – 19 – APRIL 9, 2013<br />
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