Sale 1057 — The Curtis Collection: 1847-1901 Issues
Sale Date — Thursday, 7 November, 2013
Category — 1857-60 Issue (Scott 18-39)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
580
5c Indian Red (28A). Unused (no gum), beautiful color in the true 1858 Indian Red shade, nicely centered with intact perfs at top, detailed impression clearly showing the lathework background, tiny filled thin spotVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 5-CENT INDIAN RED.
Our search of old auction catalogues and the records of The Philatelic Foundation and P.S.E. yielded only eleven unused examples of Scott 28A. Of these, the majority are without gum (Scott Retail for original gum is $175,000.00)
With 2001 P.F. and P.S.E. certificates
40,000
24,000