The Abraham Lincoln Wing part of the Peter Schwartz Collection

The essay below is unlisted in this format Turner. It comes from the American Bank Note Company Archives, and was likely acquired from Continental during the 1879 merger of National, Continental, and seven other banknote companies ("The Consolidation"). The die is clearly cracked.

This die proof is printed in black on india paper (scanned in b/w). The die number, V47902 was likely added by American (as dies from their archives typically have "V" numbers). Below, a pristine example of this design.

Further research is needed to determine whether this print was made from the die at top (before it cracked), or, from a duplicate die. Below, the full-size die proof on card from which the image above was cropped.

Full-Size Die Proof printed directly on Card (source of the close-up image above)

Other formats of this essay are known: Turner S-2a (note the lower-case 'a') are prints of the lathework only. Prints of the head of Lincoln by itself are known, but are unlisted in Turner. A further variation is a die proof of the full design (S-2-A, above) featuring the imprint of a printer/publisher from the Bronx, E.H. Sauer. More on this particular variation in a future update of this page.

Why Turner ascribed these essays to snuff stamps isn't readily known. Perhaps it was from first-hand knowledge, or, due to their similarity to other Turner-listed snuff essays (S-4, 5, & 6) and Springer-listed snuff stamps TE-1 & TE-3.