Sale 1110 — The Curtis Collection: U.S. Revenues, Part 2
Sale Date — Thursday, 1 October, 2015
Category — Revenue Essays
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1012
E
$2.00 Probate of Will, Blue & Black on Thin Bond, Experimental Ovpts. (Turner Ty. XVII). Sheet of four with Joseph R. Carpenter imprint at bottom, top pair with Pink ovpt. of horizontal lines in vignette, bottom pair same overprint but in frame only VERY FINE. A WONDERFUL AND RARE ESSAY WITH EXPERIMENTAL OVERPRINT INTENDED TO PREVENT CLEANING RE-USE.
This essay uses the $2.00 First Issue design in the Second Issue two-color format. The additional overprint was designed to prevent re-use. Ex Tolman.
E. 2,000-3,000
2,300