SCARCE AND VERY SPECIAL
First Complete Proof Sheet on steel
Stamps are in mint condition slight amount of rust on outside edges.
Educational Issue Showing History of the Steel Industry.
Sheet contains:
Pre-biblical manufacturing of steel Mesopandmia
Damascus Sword weighted against gold
Saugus Mill, first production Steel mill
Beehive Coke Ovens, England's discovery for steel making
Large Rolling Mill, Germany showing hot bars being rolled
U. S. Steel's Fairfield Works, Alabama-U.S.A.
Showing steel mill
Future applications of steel usage in the world
Plus six souvenir sheets showing two values of each denominations on a sheet
Some designs by Walt Disney Studios plus International Artists
Printed by Peerless Lithographing Co., Chicago, Illinois USA
Process are lithographed directly on hair-thin inch steel thickness .001 a modern day development in precision rolling of the steel
29”W X 21”H Steel Proof mounted on foam board and shrink wrapped
$750.00
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29”W X 21”H Paper Proof mounted on foam board and shrink wrapped
$500.00
