Sale 1110 — The Curtis Collection: U.S. Revenues, Part 2
Sale Date — Thursday, 1 October, 2015
Category — Revenue Proofs, Third Issue thru Proprietary
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1038
P
40c Brown & Black, Third Issue, Plate Proof on Card (R141P4). Complete sheet of 102, huge margins, imprint and plate no. at bottom, imprint at top reads "Wilcox's Chameleon Paper, Patented May 16th 1871, George T. Jones Patent, March 22nd 1870", two cutouts in sheet margin at sides, slight edgewear including waterstaining at right and small piece out at extreme top left, Very Fine, a phenomenal proof, ex Joyce
2,028
650