Sale 1110 — The Curtis Collection: U.S. Revenues, Part 2
Sale Date — Thursday, 1 October, 2015
Category — First Issue Revenues, Uses on Documents
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1233
$1.00 Life Insurance, Bisect (R71c var.) Top right half, bright color, tied by neat manuscript "J.H.E." cancel on 22 x 8.75 in. document for the release of 36 boxes of tin from a warehouse, dated Dec. 16, 1869, document with tape reinforcing one file fold clear of stampEXTREMELY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY REPORTED BISECT OF THE PERFORATED $1.00 LIFE INSURANCE ISSUE.
1989 P.S.E. certificate (signed Jackson, Friedberg and Cunliffe) no longer accompanies. Accompanied by a copy of a 2004 Linn's article about the item.
E. 1,000-1,500
850