Encased Postage Stamps
Unique Experimental Prototype Design For Civil War Era Encased Postage Stamps - Ex: John J. Ford, Jr. Collection
One Cent. “Experimental Prototype,” For The Design of Encased Postage Stamps. Unlisted Design Type as a Regular Issue in all major references. Brass Case. New.
22.7mm. Unlisted Design, as a Regular Issue in all major references. This extraordinary Experimental Prototype Design has a Standard 1861 Issue One Cent Stamp, brass encasement with a Plain Reverse, and having an Ultra-Thin outer obverse Rim Edge design. There are No Obverse Moons, as made! A beautiful, bold blue stamp is perfectly centered under clear mica and is held within a defect-free encasement. A magnificent Encased Postage Stamp rarity of the highest order within this collecting field. Absolutely Unique, being previously unknown and unpublished prior to the historic sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. Ex: Stack’s, John J. Ford, Jr. Collection Sale, Part 4, June 23, 2004, Lot 637.