Watch List notes:

Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Company Proof Advertising Sheet. 1824. Philadelphia. 12 1/2" x 15 1/2". With over sixty intaglio engraved vignettes, counters and end panels by one of the premier bank note companies of the 1820s. Near the top is an advertising bank note with an ornamental 5 near the center and Franklin and Washington at the sides. The reason for printing and distributing this type of sheet is made clear by the text on the bank note - "This Specimen of Work to prevent FORGERIES is respectfully submitted to the Banking Institutions of the UNITED STATES." Lightly pasted on to a contemporary ledger sheet that was used as a scrapbook page. Trimmed to the outside border, otherwise Choice VF.

Estimate: 1200 - 2400