United States Commemorative Essays and Proofs continued...

**1925-1931 COMMEMORATIVES continued...**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
1121	P	680P2	#680P2, 2c Battle of Fallen Timbers, small die proof on wove paper; measuring 25x28mm, pristine with strong color and nice even margins, extremely fine; a very rare proof; C.A. Huston, designer; L.S. Schofield, vignette engraver; ex-Lilly. (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
1122	P	654P2	#654P2, 2c Edison, small die proof on wove paper; measuring 26x28mm, lovely proof with nice even margins and bright colors, extremely fine; an exceedingly rare proof ; A.R. Miessner, designer; J.C. Benzing, vignette engraver; ex-Lilly. (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction
1123	P	657P2	#657P2, 2c Sullivan, small die proof on wove paper; measuring 25x28mm, a very attractive proof in immaculate condition, extremely fine and very rare; (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
1124	E	681-E	#681-E, 2c Ohio River, reverse impression on leather swatch, 30x33mm, small scratch on face which is immaterial as this is unique; accompanied by a photo-essay of the stamp; ex-F.D. Roosevelt.	Est. 200-300 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
1125	P	681P2	#681P2, 2c Ohio River, small die proof on wove paper; measuring 28x25mm, a choice proof with strong deep color, extremely fine; a rare proof; (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $675.00 Will close during Public Auction
1126	E	682-E	#682-E 2c Massachusetts Bay Colony, artist's drawing of proposed design, ink drawing of entire design on card measuring 83x117mm, featuring a portrait of John Winthrop, founder of the second European settlement in America, designed by W.A. Dwiggins, very fine; little is known of this essay which is unlisted by Scott, listed in Brazer as unique. (Image)	Est. 750-1,000 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction
1127	P	682P2	#682P2, 2c Massachusetts Bay Colony, small die proof on wove paper; measuring 25x28mm, pristine and very attractive with nice balanced margins, extremely fine; an exceedingly rare proof; C.A. Huston & A.R. Meissner, designers; L.S. Schofield, vignette engraver. (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $700.00 Will close during Public Auction
1128	P	683P1a	#683P1a, 2c Carolina-Charleston, large die proof on wove paper, die sunk on large card measuring 121x153mm with full die sinkage, an unusual proof of which the provenance is not known, light flecks of toning affecting the wove proof paper, very fine and very rare; it is probable that large die proofs of this issue are only found on wove paper; C.A. Huston & A.R. Meissner, designers; J.C. Benzing, vignette engraver; control number 767307A (1943). (Image)	$800.00 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
1129	P	683P2	#683P2, 2c Carolina-Charleston, small die proof on wove paper, measuring 25x28mm, very fresh and attractive with nice even margins, extremely fine and very rare; C.A. Huston & A.R. Meissner, designers; J.C. Benzing, vignette engraver. (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $725.00 Will close during Public Auction
1130	P	688P2	#688P2, 2c Braddock's Field, small die proof on wove paper, measuring 25x28mm, nicely margined with intense deep color being very fresh; extremely fine and very rare; A.R. Meissner, designer; John Eissler, vignette engraver. (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
1131	P	689P2	#689P2, 2c Von Steuben, small die proof on wove paper that is slightly different and being on a bit more yellowish wove paper than most of the small die proofs we have seen, measuring 26x28mm, fresh and attractive with nice even margins and bright color; extremely fine and very rare; A.R. Meissner, designer; L.S. Schofield, vignette engraver. (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $675.00 Will close during Public Auction
1132	E	690-E	#690-E, 2c Pulaski, photographic essay, stamp size, removed from gray model card (some of the gray card still adhering to the reverse), vignette is the adopted design as issued, frame is an entirely different design, with American flag added by hand at right and pencil touch up to the outer frame, very fine and undoubtedly the only example known. (Image)	Est. 300-400 SOLD for $350.00 Will close during Public Auction
1133	P	690P1a	#690P1a, 2c Pulaski, large die proof on wove paper, die sunk on full size card measuring 202x153mm, this being from the special large die proofs prepared for President F.D. Roosevelt, exceptionally fresh and clean, trivial corner crease to card at top right, extremely fine; "From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection/ Auctioned Feb., April, 1945 by H.R. Harmer Inc., N.Y." handstamp on the reverse; A.R. Meissner, designer; John Eissler, vignette engraver; control number 333947 (1933); ex-F.D. Roosevelt. (Image)	$800.00 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
1134	P	690P2	#690P2, 2c Pulaski, small die proof on wove paper, measuring 25x28mm, bright and fresh with brilliant color, extremely fine; an exceedingly rare proof; A.R. Meissner, designer; John Eissler, vignette engraver. (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $625.00 Will close during Public Auction
1135	E	702-E1	#702-E1, 2c Red Cross, large die essay on wove paper, in black, the engraving of the entire design without the red cross, but including the faint engraved outline of the cross in black, die sunk on large card measuring 120x142mm, showing the full die sinkage, exceptionally clean, extremely fine; this is from the John Eissler collection of proofs, John Eissler was a vignette engraver at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the proofs that were in his collection are large die proofs characterized by having the original blue control number removed and a black five-digit number applied; this impressive essay is most probably the only example in private hands; a wonderful essay for both the U.S. collector and the Red Cross collector; C.A. Huston & A.R. Meissner, designers; John Eissler, vignette engraver; control number 70015; ex-Eissler. (Image)	$4,000.00 SOLD for $4,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
1136	P	702P1a	#702P1a var., 2c Red Cross, large die proof on wove paper, the India of this proof shows all the registration marks and measures 78x88mm being a large portion of the die area, this is the special proof prepared for H.M. Southgate, usually these are characterized by not being card mounted, this is the only one we have seen that is with card measuring 152x203mm, we know that it is the Southgate proof because the control number is applied to the front at the bottom of the India, though it may have been mounted on the card later, very attractive and very fine; a rare large die proof being the only one prepared for H.M. Southgate; C.A. Huston, designer; John Eissler, vignette engraver; control number 362651(1934); 1990 PF certificate: ex-Southgate, Brazer. (Image)	$900.00 SOLD for $1,150.00 Will close during Public Auction
1137	P	702P2	#702P2, 2c Red Cross, small die proof on wove paper, measuring 25x28mm, a handsome proof of this popular stamp of the Red Cross, very fresh, extremely fine; a very rare and desirable small die proof; C.A. Huston, designer; John Eissler, vignette engraver. (Image)	$900.00 SOLD for $1,150.00 Will close during Public Auction
1138	P	703P1a	#703P1a, 2c Yorktown, large die proof on wove paper, die sunk on large card measuring 145x165mm, a most unusual proof from the Eissler collection with the wove proof paper largely cut away leaving the proof in the center about the size of a small die proof and small triangles with registration markers on all four sides, deep colors with the frame being in the lake shade, very fine; fresh and very fine; rare and unusual; C.A. Huston, designer; John Eissler, vignette engraver; control number 70016; ex-Eissler, Brazer. (Image)	$800.00 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction
1139	P	703P2	#703P2, 2c Yorktown, small die proof on wove paper, measuring 43x29mm with nice balanced margins, fresh and bright proof, extremely fine; very rare and desirable; C.A. Huston, designer; John Eissler, vignette engraver. (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction

**1932 WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
1140	E	704-E1	#704-E1, 1/2c Washington Bicentennial, artist's preliminary sketch on tracing paper, an unadopted design showing the Washington Monument, by C.A. Huston, the long-time designer at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, on tracing paper with a card and paper frame, initialed by the artist at left, very fine and unique. (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction

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