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Recent Significant Acquisitions : 2003
2003 Significant Acquisitions
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Steel Die of Scott 11-E2
This is the original engraved steel die that produced the 1851 essay that is listed in the Scott Catalogue as 11-E2. Engraved by S. Tiller, Plate Printer.
Donors: Thomas J. Alexander, James A. Allen, Thomas R. Bane, Dr. Charles J. DiComo, Mark S. Friedman, Sonny Hagendorf, Robert R. Hegland, W. Wilson Hulme, Lawrence J. Hunt, Michael C. O'Reilly, Stanley M. Piller, Dr. George W. Tyson, and Roy P. Weber
2003.2013
Image (at left, top):
The original 1851 Scott 11-E2 steel die
Image (at left, bottom):
Print of the 1851 die
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Sardinian 10-cent Bisect Cover
The right vertical half of a Sardinia Scott 11n (grayish brown shade) was tied by a lozenge cancel to this full folded letter sent from Ascoli on December 30/31, 1860 that arrived in Macerti on January 1, 1861.
Donor: Sami Lucien Toutounji
2003.2005
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