Page 3 - Charles Shreve - William H Gross United States 1847 Issue
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B. Contemporary Plate Proofs Without "Specimen"
With "Specimen"- The Judge Emerson Block
Original plate proofs were printed in brown, black and orange on India paper mounted on card. Five-cent plate proofs
are identified by the absence of a line through the left frame at the bottom of the "U". Ten-cent plate proofs differ from
die proofs by having recut frame lines and position dots in the left trifoliate in all rows from 2 to 10.
Position 31R
"POST OFFICE"
Double transfer "B"
Faint red "Specimen" e
One of the largest multiples in existence
The Judge Emerson "Specimen" Block
The second largest ~'Specimen'' multiple known of the issue
On India paper- Positions 35L-40L, 75L-80L.
The 9'" row (positions 39, 49, 59, 69 and 79), second to right in this block, show the Dot in "S" variety.
