Sale 1084 — The Curtis Collection: 1847-1901 Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 5-6 November, 2014
Category — 1861-66 Issue, cont. (Scott 70-78)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3210
24c Pale Gray Violet, Thin Paper (70d). Remarkably choice centering for this difficult issue, intense shade and proof-like impression on crisp paper, neat strike of circle of wedges within circle cancel, Very Fine and choice, a stamp with great visual appeal, ex Zoellner and Natalee Grace, with 1994 P.F. and 2012 P.S.E. certificates (F-VF 75; SMQ $1,650.00), much better and more valuable than this P.S.E. grade and SMQ value would suggest
3,000
2,800