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
557
$1.00 Green & Black on Green Paper, Proprietary (RB9b). Bright colors, crisp impressions, neat manuscript cancel, completely soundVERY FINE. THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE FINEST USED EXAMPLE OF THE $1.00 PROPRIETARY ON GREEN PAPER. FEWER THAN TEN ARE RECORDED, AND THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO SOUND COPIES.
Larry Lyons lists seven used examples in his census. We are aware of one additional example, which is sound and with original gum (offered in our Sale 902, realized $32,500 hammer).
Ex Lyons. With 1990 P.F. certificate
12,500
11,000