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#129P4
1869 15c Landing of Columbus, Brown & Blue, Type III, Plate Proof on Card
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Make Room in Your Album for #129 Plate Proof on Card
This proof stamp will become a prized addition to your collection. It was produced during the production of the 1847 reproduction of stamp #129. The proof was made to ensure that everything was in order with the plates before full-scale printing began. It was printed on card paper. Plate proofs were produced in very small quantities (fewer than 3,000 for most early stamps). And Proof stamps are available for a fraction of the cost of the regular stamp.
Why stamp #129 was reprinted: The Post Office Department requested the stamp in order to have a complete set of all US stamps to showcase at the first world’s fair – the Centennial International Exposition of 1876, held in Philadelphia. Postal authorities also wanted to be able to fulfill collectors’ and other requests for the early issues. This stamp is a reprint of stamp #118, a stamp from the1869 Pictorial Series. It pictures Christopher Columbus landing in the Americas.
About the 1875 Reprints Originally produced with a “G” grill, the 1869 Pictorial designs were reissued in 1875 without grills. The reissues were not sold at regular stamp windows but were made for a Post Office Department display at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Sets were sold directly to collectors by the Post Office Department in Washington, DC.
The National Bank Note Company produced the reprints in 1875. A new plate of 150 subjects was made for the 1¢ and for the frame of the 15¢. The frame on the 15¢ stamp, a Type III, is the same as type I but without the fringe of brown shading lines around the central vignette.
Order your #129 plate proof today. It will make a neat addition to your collection.
Make Room in Your Album for #129 Plate Proof on Card
This proof stamp will become a prized addition to your collection. It was produced during the production of the 1847 reproduction of stamp #129. The proof was made to ensure that everything was in order with the plates before full-scale printing began. It was printed on card paper. Plate proofs were produced in very small quantities (fewer than 3,000 for most early stamps). And Proof stamps are available for a fraction of the cost of the regular stamp.
Why stamp #129 was reprinted: The Post Office Department requested the stamp in order to have a complete set of all US stamps to showcase at the first world’s fair – the Centennial International Exposition of 1876, held in Philadelphia. Postal authorities also wanted to be able to fulfill collectors’ and other requests for the early issues. This stamp is a reprint of stamp #118, a stamp from the1869 Pictorial Series. It pictures Christopher Columbus landing in the Americas.
About the 1875 Reprints Originally produced with a “G” grill, the 1869 Pictorial designs were reissued in 1875 without grills. The reissues were not sold at regular stamp windows but were made for a Post Office Department display at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Sets were sold directly to collectors by the Post Office Department in Washington, DC.
The National Bank Note Company produced the reprints in 1875. A new plate of 150 subjects was made for the 1¢ and for the frame of the 15¢. The frame on the 15¢ stamp, a Type III, is the same as type I but without the fringe of brown shading lines around the central vignette.
Order your #129 plate proof today. It will make a neat addition to your collection.
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