Sale 1089 — The Curtis Collection: U.S. Revenues, Part 1
Sale Date — Tuesday, 16 December, 2014
Category — Proprietary Issues, Violet and Green Papers
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
552
$5.00 Green & Black on Violet Paper, Proprietary (RB10a). Rejoined horizontal pair, with bottom part imprint selvage below right stamp, each with "JHB Feby. 18/79" manuscript cancel (same initials and date as the single offered in lot 551), light creases, left stamp tiny thin speck at topVERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE MULTIPLE OF THE $5.00 PROPRIETARY ISSUE ON VIOLET PAPER, WITH BOTTOM SELVAGE.
Only 74 examples of the $5.00 on violet paper were issued. For multiples, only two pairs and a strip of three are recorded. The other pair does not have the selvage.
Ex Cunliffe. Scott Retail as pair $26,000.00. Scott Retail as singles
22,000
10,500