Sale 1110 — The Curtis Collection: U.S. Revenues, Part 2
Sale Date — Thursday, 1 October, 2015
Category — Second Issue Revenues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1281
$200.00 Red, Blue & Black, Second Issue, "Small Persian Rug" (R132). Bright fresh colors, nice centering and margins, manuscript "MSS 10 May 1872" cancel, trivial small pulled perf at bottom leftVERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE $200.00 "SMALL PERSIAN RUG" - ONE OF THE MOST COLORFUL STAMPS IN UNITED STATES PHILATELY.
Both the Small and Large "Persian Rug" stamps were printed in sheets of one
9,000
3,500