Aug 02, 2006 - Sale 2085

Sale 2085 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 460
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
ANONYMOUS HELP PROTECT LIBERTY'S GATEWAY. Circa 1917.
27 1/2x18 1/4 inches.
Condition B: minor tears and losses at edges; creases, abrasions and tears in image; mounted on paper.
A dramatic scene of a ship's black silhouette patrolling red waters in front of New York's looming red and blue skyline; lettering in white and blue. Although many of the War Saving Stamps posters were produced in large numbers and are quite common, this one is particularly rare. Not in Rawls, not in Theofiles, not in Borkan.