Sale 1093 — The Curtis Collection: U.S. 20th Century and Air Post
Sale Date — Monday-Tuesday, 23-24 February, 2015
Category — 1915-17 Issues, cont. (Scott 475-482A)
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Photo/Description
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$5.00 Light Green (480). Jumbo margins, radiant color, crisp impression, light strike of oval cancelEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1917 $5.00 MARSHALL PERF 10, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED.
Ex Kirke. With 2012 P.F. and P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98; SMQ $775.00). This is the highest used grade awarded and only one other has achieved it.
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