Sale 1110 — The Curtis Collection: U.S. Revenues, Part 2
Sale Date — Thursday, 1 October, 2015
Category — Proprietary, Cont. (Scott RB17-RB42)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1401
6c Violet Blue, Rouletted, Proprietary (RB17c). Clear roulettes and with bottom sheet margin, manuscript cancel, Very Fine
900
350
1402
6c Violet Blue, Rouletted, Proprietary (RB17c). Horizontal pair, perfin cancels, left stamp crease at top left and slight discoloration, otherwise Fine, only one multiple larger than a pair is known, Scott Retail as singles
1,800
170
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6c Violet, Perforated and Watermarked, Proprietary (RB18b). Two used blocks of 25, light purple cancels, few faults, generally Fine for multiples of this size, these are the largest recorded multiples, one ex Tolman, other ex Dean, Scott Retail as blocks of four, pairs and single
2,550
650
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6c Violet, Rouletted, Proprietary (RB18c). Clear roulettes, neat purple handstamp cancel, Very Fine, with 2008 P.F. certificate
1,500
1,900
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10c Blue, Proprietary, Perforated and Watermarked (RB19a). Large to enormous margins and almost perfectly centered, light magenta handstamp cancel, small filled thin spots, Extremely Fine appearance, ex Souren who evidently told the late Henry Tolman that this was the "best known copy" and ex Tolman
400
400
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10c Blue, Proprietary (RB19b). Block of four, original gum, h.r., fresh and Fine, scarce unused bock, Scott Retail as two used pairs
1,700
225
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10c Blue, Proprietary (RB19b). Block of nine, original gum, h.r., few perf separations sensibly reinforced, few light creases, Fine appearance, this is the largest recorded multiple, ex Joyce and Richmond, Scott Retail as pairs and single
3,800
650
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10c Blue, Proprietary (RB19b). Block of four, intense color, blue oval handstamp cancels, few reinforced separations, thin spots, Fine appearance, ex Dean, Scott Retail as two pairs
1,700
160
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-1/8c-5c 1898 Proprietary, Rouletted 5-1/2 (RB20-RB31). 15 blocks or plate blocks, including plate blocks of six of 1c, 1-1/4c, 1-7/8c, 2c, 2-1/2c, 3-3/4c, 4c and 5c, few used including block of eight with plate no. and full arrow of 5c, some stamps Mint N.H., few small faults, Fine-Very Fine and desirable group, several plate blocks listed but unpriced in Scott (the RB31 catalogues $1,500.00)
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4,270
3,500
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-1/8c-5c 1898 Proprietary, Hyphen Hole Perf 7 (RB20p-RB27p, RB29p-RB31p). Eleven plate blocks or imprint and plate no. blocks of six or larger, 4c imprint and plate no. block of six, 5c imprint and plate no. block of eight, original gum, some stamps Mint N.H., few small faults to be expected, Fine-Very Fine and rare group of plate blocks, the RB30p is listed but unpriced as a plate block (counted as block of four and two singles), the R31p alone catalogues $1,650.00
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5,475
2,300
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-1/8c-4c Black, Proprietary (RB32-RB33, RB36, RB38-RB41). Blocks of four, original gum except first two unused (no gum), Fine-Very Fine
1,761
225
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4-3/8c Black, 1914 Issue, Proprietary (RB42). Original gum, h.r., fresh and Fine, ex Joyce
3,000
1,200
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4-3/8c Black, 1914 Issue, Proprietary (RB42). Block of four, bottom right stamp Mint N.H., top stamps h.r., bottom left stamp lightly hinged, bright shadeFINE. A RARE BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 1914 4-3/8 CENTS PROPRIETARY ISSUE, SCOTT RB42.
Only three blocks of four are recorded, which is the largest recorded multiple (no pairs are known). Scott Retail as hinged block $13,000.00
E. 2,000-3,000
3,250
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Proprietary Balance. Scott Specialty pages of unused and used singles and multiples, including unused singles Nos. RB5a, RB5b, RB6b, RB3c, RB19b, used singles Nos. RB5a, RB6a, RB7a, RB5b, RB6b, RB16a, unused blocks of four including Nos. RB5a, RB13c, RB29p, RB30p, RB31p, used blocks of four including Nos. RB5a, RB7b, few larger multiples including plate block of 21 of RB1a (used), RB2a plate block of eight (unused), RB2b block of nine (unused), RB11c block of four with part imprint (unused), RB12c block of six (unused), RB13b block of 21 (unused), RB16b block of eight (unused), RB17b block of 12 (unused) and RB73 plate block of eight, used pairs of RB11d, RB12c, RB13c, RB15c, some faults to be expected, overall Fine-Very Fine, an extremely difficult group to assemble, several are the largest recorded multiples
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E. 3,000-4,000
4,250
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