Lot 1638 E
1873, 1¢ Liberty Postal Card Essay, 5 cards on unlisted light brown cardstock in black, purple, bright pink, green turquoise and yellow orange, few with light mounting marks, otherwise Very Fine (same as Undersander UX1Ec but different cardstock color).Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $675
Lot 1639 E
1873, 1¢ Liberty Postal Card Essay, 2 cards, red and pink on dim faint y-orange cardstock with smooth face and rough reverse, light hinge marks on reverse of one card, Very Fine. Undersander No. UX1Ec $500.Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $160
Lot 1640 P
1873, 1¢ Liberty Postal Card, Trial Color, near issued color 7 k/1 dim dark red orange on 25 e/3 dismal very pale y-g-yellow cardstock without watermark, Very Fine, very rare, ex-Brazer.Brazer No. XU1P-TCa Estimate $300 - 400.
Unlisted in Undersander but noted in original article in Essay Proof Journal #7 page 164 by Clarence Brazer, this note applies to the next 3 lots.
Lot 1641 P
1873, 1¢ Liberty Postal Card, Trial Color, near issued color 8k/1 dim dark m. red-orange on 25F/3 dismal faint y-g-yellow with blue fiber cardstock without watermark, Very Fine and rare.Brazer No. XU1P-TCb Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot 1642 P
1873, 1¢ Liberty Postal Card, Trial Color, near issued color 7 k/1 dim dark red orange on 41 g/3 dismal v. faint b-b-green cardstock without watermark, Very Fine and rare.Brazer No. XU1P-TCd Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot 1643 P
1873, 1¢ Liberty Postal Card, Trial Color, near issued color 7 k/1 dull dark red orange on 45 g/3 dismal v. faint b-g-blue cardstock without watermark, Very Fine and rare.Brazer No. XU1P-TCe Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot 1644 P
1873, 1¢ Liberty Postal Card, Trial Color, near issued color in dim dark red orange on dim very pale orange-yellow cardstock without watermark, card cut by hand, Very Fine and rare.Undersander No. UX1Pca; $400 Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot 1645 P
1873, 1¢ Liberty Postal Card, Trial Color, issued color on near issued cardstock, dim dark red orange on dim very pale orange-yellow cardstock without watermark, card cut by hand, Fine and rare.Undersander No. UX1Pcd; $400 Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot 1646
1873 Quaker Portrait Postal Card Facsimiles, two cards; both with portrait at right and different emblems at left including Knights of the Golden Eagle Masonic emblem and crest, Very Fine.Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $100