Sale 1110 — The Curtis Collection: U.S. Revenues, Part 2
Sale Date — Thursday, 1 October, 2015
Category — 1898 Spanish-American War Provisionals
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1294
1c Green, I.R. Overprint, Half Used as -1/2c (R154 var).Two diagonal bisects, tied by matching July. 14, 1898 blue double-oval datestamps on separate New York Plate Glass Insurance Company policies, first used with additional 1c and two 2c I.R. overprints (R154, R155), document reduced at bottom slightly affecting bisect, second is full document with pair of 2c stamps (R154), Very Fine, unlisted bisects, one of the provisional methods used to pay tax when the Bureau was unable to produce the new issue of revenue stamps for July 1898, ex Tolman
E. 2,000-3,000
1,200