Sale 1089 — The Curtis Collection: U.S. Revenues, Part 1
Sale Date — Tuesday, 16 December, 2014
Category — First Issue Imperforate, 1c-$1.90
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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
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3c Playing Cards, Imperforate (R17a). Large margins all around, deep rich color, unobtrusive pen cancel, small closed tear at top left, trace of extraneous ink on back onlyEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A BEAUTIFUL AND HUGE-MARGINED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 3-CENT IMPERFORATE PLAYING CARDS ISSUE.
Ex Tolman. With 1963 P.F. and 2006 P.S.E. certificates
40,000
24,000