Sale 1089 — The Curtis Collection: U.S. Revenues, Part 1
Sale Date — Tuesday, 16 December, 2014
Category — First Issue Blocks and Record-Size Multiples, Imperforate, 1c-60c
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
329
10c Inland Exchange, Imperforate (R36a). Block of four, large even margins all around, intense color on crisp fresh paper, Aug. 29, 1863 manuscript cancelsVERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE BLOCK OF THE IMPERFORATE 10-CENT INLAND EXCHANGE AND THE FINER OF THE TWO BLOCKS OF FOUR EXTANT.
Only one larger block is recorded in the Curtis census (a block of ten), and a strip of five is also known. This is the finer of the two recorded blocks of four (the other has uneven margins slightly cutting in).
Ex Joyce and Floyd
3,500
1,800