Lot
4316 E
Franklin W. Brooks, New York, 1¢ + 1¢ Black on White Wove, Paid Reply Card Model Essay, Model card on white wove paper (with paste-on of same), the lower sheet being 134 x 165mm overall, including a 15mm strip outside a row of perforations on which is printed "Tear off communication and write replay on back on enclosed card", the paste-on portion, similarly printed, but without the portion outside the perforations, was applied tete-beche, so that when folded the card is 75mm in height, except for the strip outside the perforations, which was intended to be folded again, and sealed across the bottom of the opposite card, penciled corrections of the printing on this strip change the word "TEAR" to "Detach", and "ENCLOSED" to "Remaining", Very Fine and unique. USPCC No. MR1E-Ha $2,000.
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS BROOKS PAID REPLY CARD MODEL ESSAY.
Realized: $950