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
337
25c Entry of Goods, Imperforate (R45a). Block of eight, large margins to ample, neat April 2, 1863 manuscript cancel, bottom left stamp small tear at bottom, faint horizontal crease between stamps, reinforced along horizontal split in bottom stamps, otherwise Very Fine, this is the largest recorded multiple and the only block larger than a block of four (a rejoined strip of eight is also known), ex Joyce and Cunliffe, Scott Retail as two blocks of four
1,000
500