Sale 1085 — The Curtis Collection: U.S. Officials
Sale Date — Thursday, 6 November, 2014
Category — Justice Department (Scott O250O34)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
4063
10c Justice (O29). Well-centered, tied by cork cancel with "Washington, D.C. Apr. 20" circular datestamp on Department of Justice crimson seal legal-size cover addressed to Frederick Douglass as U.S. Marshal in Washington D.C., five-times 2c local rateVERY FINE. ONE OF ONLY FOUR COVERS KNOWN WITH THE 10-CENT JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, OF WHICH THREE ARE IN PRIVATE HANDS -- THE FOURTH IS IN THE NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM COLLECTION.
Listed as No. 46 in the Campbell census (Chronicle 200, November 2003). Ex Waud and Markovits. With 2011 P.F. certificate.
E. 2,000-3,000
4,000