Sale 80: The Bradley Horton Collection of United States Postal Cards

Lot 4160 S   

1885, 1¢ Deep Brown on Light Buff, Production Specimen, buff card with bluish-black "Specimen" handstamp below stamp, Very Fine. Scott No. UX8PS.
USPCC No. S7PSc    $250.

Realized: $160

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Lot 4161 S   

1885, 1¢ Brown on Buff, Production Ink Sample, issued card with red manuscript "#5" in upper left, marked on face in black manuscript "Current printing Octo= 14/85" together with capital "A " in lower left corner, Very Fine and unique. Scott No. UX8PS.
USPCC No. S7PSd    $600.

This card was part of the production samples sent to the Postmaster General on October 15, 1885 that included #1 Morrill's, #2 Wode's 1, #3 Wode's 2, #4 Johnson's and this card #5 "Current Printing". Much difficulty was encountered with the ink used in producing this issue of cards, all of which had a tendency to clog the fine lines of the design and blur the finished product, thus requiring far too frequent washing of the plates. Brown was discontinued after only fifteen months.

Realized: $270

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Lot 4162 S   

1885, 1¢ Brown on Buff, Production Specimen, card with violet "Postal Card Agency, Castleton, N.Y., Oct 2 1885" three-line handstamp, Very Fine. Scott No. UX8PS.
USPCC No. S7PSe    $300.

Realized: $200

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Lot 4163 S   

Postal Card, 1885, 1¢ brown on buff, Production Strength Sample, card with violet "Postal Card Agency, Castleton, N.Y., Feb 5 1886" three-line handstamp and with 70mm diameter strength testing circle broken and pencil "74" on face for pounds of pressure at bursting point, Very Fine. Scott No. UX8PS.
USPCC No. S7PSg    $600.

The strength testing cards are also known with "55" and "77" pounds of pressure at bursting point.

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Realized: $375

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Lot 4164 P   

Postal Card, 1885, 1¢ chocolate on pinkish buff, Die Proof, typographed die proof on 130 x 76mm thick pinkish buff card (.0225") with red manuscript "Specimen" at center, remarkably detailed impression, fresh and Very Fine. Scott No. UX8P.
USPCC No. S7P    $500.

THE ONLY RECORDED CHOCOLATE DIE PROOF OF THE 1885 1¢ POSTAL CARD ISSUE.

The stamp design was B.E.P. miscellaneous die no. 2972 engraved by Lorenzo J. Hatch in June 1885. The inscription is B.E.P. miscellaneous die no. 2974 engraved by David M. Cooper in June 1885. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing used transfer rolls made from the stamp and inscription dies to make the 124 single subject steel postal card plates for the contractor.

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Realized: $250

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Lot 4165    

Postal Card, 1885, 1¢ brown on buff, cancelled by "Plain City, O., May 31, 1886" octagon datestamp and target cancel to Ostrander Oh., label affixed "Post Office Department, Dead Letter Office, Washington D.C., July 15, 1886, This letter was contained in a mail pouch which was stolen at Milford Centre, Ohio, May 31, 1886, and found rifled in a field near by July 3, 1886", manuscript "G660 Vol 40" filing notation; some staining, Fine and rare robbery item.
Scott No. UX8    Estimate $300 - 400.

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Realized: $1,500

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Lot 4166    

Postal Card, 1885, 1¢ brown on buff, double impression, used card with second partial impression, cancelled by "St. Louis Mo. Apr 22" Leavitt machine cancel to Minneapolis Kans., part printed commercial message on reverse oblivious to the error impression, Very Fine. USPCC No. S7ev.
Scott No. UX8d    $8,500.

ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS VERTICAL DOUBLE IMPRESSION ERROR VARIETY.

Both examples of this vertical double impression variety are used.

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Realized: $3,750

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Lot 4167    

Postal Card, 1885, 1¢ brown on buff, double impression, one inverted, Mint card, both impressions strong, Very Fine and choice. USPCC No. S7f.
Scott No. UX8e    $9,500.

ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS DOUBLE IMPRESSION, ONE INVERTED VARIETY.

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Realized: $7,500

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Lot 4168    

1885, 1¢ Brown on Buff, Printed on Both Sides, strong impressions on both sides in similar color, reverse impression is inverted in relation to the front, Very Fine. USPCC No. S7g.
Scott No. UX8f    Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.

THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES ERROR.

This card is the basis of the Scott and UPSS listings. The second impression, which is in similar ink, is inverted on the reverse.

Realized: $6,750

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