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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;USS656, post: 731165, member: 6641&quot;]Jumped on a chance to pick up a couple sample prints by IBNC. They are both in rough condition and have not been treated very well in the past. I believe they date from the mid 1880s to 1907. So for a 100+ years old they really are not so bad. I hope you can see how raised the letters are in United States. Magnified this vignette is really nice! I don&#039;t know anything about the engravers yet but hope to learn more about both of them! The first is numbered 44 on top and is on a cotton like tissue paper 5&quot;*3&quot;. The second is same paper on 6&quot;*4&quot;. You can see the copywrite date on &quot;the challenge&quot; is 1884 and is printed as No.103.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hope you enjoy!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you happen to find see either of these in a reference book please drop me a note!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/USA3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/thechallenge3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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