Sale 1093 — The Curtis Collection: U.S. 20th Century and Air Post
Sale Date — Monday-Tuesday, 23-24 February, 2015
Category — 1909 Bluish Paper Issue (Scott 357-366)
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
164
5c Blue, Bluish (361). Lightly hinged, intense shade on deeply blued paper, well-centered with enormous margin at bottomVERY FINE AND AN UNUSUALLY WIDE-MARGINED EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT BLUISH PAPER.
The Bluish Paper stamps are notoriously difficult to find well-centered. The stamp offered here, with three wide and well-balanced margins and a huge margin at bottom, is a condition rarity.
With 1969 and 1996 P.F. certificates
5,750
4,250