Lot 1778 E
Post Office Seal, 1877, Original Pen-and-Ink Drawing on Thick Brown Paper, Preliminary sketch referred to in two letters from the National Bank Note Company, small top left corner crease, Very Fine and unique, ex-Earl of Crawford, Christiansen, Chesapeake (Tom Rosser), Kotanchik.Scott Nos. OX1-E1 $5,500.
The following is content from the National Bank Note Company letters that refer to the drawing: 10 February 1877, "Your favor of instructions came to hand this morning with draft of the Official Seal for use of the Dead Letter Office. Before engraving, we will make a drawing which will give you a fair idea of the design", and 19 February 1877, "Wherein we hand you model for dead letter stamp which we trust will please you".
Realized: $3,250