Sale 1084 — The Curtis Collection: 1847-1901 Stamps and Covers

Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 5-6 November, 2014

Category — 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 112-122)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3314
bl
Sale 1084, Lot 3314, 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 112-122)1c Buff (112). Horizontal block of six, radiant color, neat strikes of circle of V's cancel, few expertly rejoined perf separations, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, used blocks are considerable scarcer than unused partly due to the ready availability of higher denominations to pay different rates, our Power Search located the block of twelve (largest recorded used multiple), a pen-cancelled block of six and a block of four, this block and two others have identical cork cancellations, indicating they came from the same correspondence, ex Heimburger, Scott Retail as block of four and pair

2,575
2,100