National Bank Note Company
1868 for the 1869 Contract
$1,750.00
Landing of Columbus
Dull scarlet with ultramarine “15” overprint on India paper.
For the longest time, the philatelic literature has described the overprint on this essay as a “surcharge,” but this is entirely incorrect. National essayed various color combinations of the 15¢ design printed from a single “unified die,” overprinted with “15” in a constrasting color. These were submitted to the Post Office Department for approval hoping that this approach would fulfill their contractual requirement to print this denomination in two colors.
Previously hinged.
SCV $3500
