Sale 1084 — The Curtis Collection: 1847-1901 Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 5-6 November, 2014
Category — 1875 Re-Issue of 1861-66 Issue (Scott 102-111)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3306
15c Black, Re-Issue (108). Intense shade and impression on bright paper, bold strike of New York oval grid cancel, tiny tear at top leftVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1866 RE-ISSUE. ONLY FIFTEEN ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.
The 15c Re-Issue was printed from the original plate of 200 subjects. 10,000 stamps were printed (50 impressions). Only 397 of the 15c were sold; the remaining 9,603 were destroyed on July 16, 1884.
Our census of Scott 108 used, available at our website at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/108/108.pdf , records only 15 examples.
Census No. 108-CAN-11. With 2002 P.F. certificate
35,000
9,500