Green on Transparent Paper
National Bank Note Company &
Henry Loewenberg
Original price was: $125.00.$75.00Current price is: $75.00.
A rare offering, missing from most collections of Loewenberg decalcomanias.
This experimental printing of the 1861 10¢ stamp was produced according to Henry Loewenberg’s patented process for producing decal stamps. Aimed at preventing postage stamp reuse, his patent described the manufacture of “self-canceling” stamps, whereby soaking a stamp would prevent it from being used a second time. Being a decal, soaking or even peeling the stamp from an envelope would leave the printed image behind, if not destroy it.
This is a plate essay, with large margins that include about 1/3 of an adjacent stamp. Ink flaking typical of Loewenberg decals.
SCV for examples on pale rose paper with minimal ink loss is $250. Priced accordingly, despite its rarity.