Sale 1084 — The Curtis Collection: 1847-1901 Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 5-6 November, 2014
Category — 3c-5c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 25-30A)
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3142
5c Orange Brown, Ty. II (30). Horizontal strip of three, warm shade, neat strikes of red grid cancel, centered to bottomFINE. A STRIP OF THREE IS THE LARGEST RECORDED USED MULTIPLE OF THE 1860 5-CENT ORANGE BROWN TYPE II.
Four strips of three are known on cover (two vertical and two horizontal) and we have offered two others off cover since keeping computerized records.
With 1988 P.F. certificate
4,340
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