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The Curtis Collection: United States 20th Century and Air Post Issues continued...

Air Post Issues, including 24c Jenny Invert (C1-C76a, C3a)
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
578 nhbl Image6c Orange, 1918 Air Post (C1). Mint N.H. top arrow and plate no. 9155 block of six, outstanding centering, natural gum skips and creases, Very Fine and choice (Image)

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 $ 1,000.00

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
579 nh Image16c Green, 1918 Air Post (C2). Mint N.H., rich color and proof-like impression on post-office fresh paper, perfectly centered with wide and balanced margins, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $1,350.00), only one has graded higher (Image)

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 $ 145.00

SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
580 nhbl Image16c Green, 1918 Air Post (C2). Mint N.H. top arrow and plate no. 8900 block of six, wonderful depth of color, wide margins and choice centering, Extremely Fine (Image)

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 $ 1,350.00

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
581 og Image24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post (C3). Lightly hinged, Jumbo margins and essentially perfect centering, rich colors, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, Superb 98 Jumbo; SMQ $275.00 as 98, unpriced in any higher grade) (Image)

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 $ 70.00

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
582 nhbl Image24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post (C3). Mint N.H. plate no. 8492 and red "Top" block of four with extra stamps at sides, part arrow at left, hinged in selvage at top left (outside the plate block), perf stain at right edge, both of the end pairs could be removed to leave a Very Fine plate block of four, Scott Retail as singles (Image)

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 $ 840.00

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
583 ogbl Image24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post (C3). Top arrow, double plate nos. 8493/8492 and two "TOP" block of twelve, lightly hinged at top left, other stamps Mint N.H., well-centered nearly throughout, Very Fine (Image)

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 $ 1,150.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
584 og Image24c Carmine Rose & Blue, Center Inverted (C3a). Position 19, lightly hinged, deep rich colors with inverted plane perfectly placed in relation to the frame, choice centering, certificate notes "tiny thins" which are extremely minute specks almost unworthy of mention

VERY FINE APPEARING AND WONDERFULLY FRESH EXAMPLE OF THE FAMOUS 24-CENT INVERTED JENNY.

According to Jenny! by George Amick (Amos Press, 1986), the original sheet of 100 inverted "Jenny" stamps was purchased by William T. Robey on May 14, 1918, one day after the stamp was placed on sale. Robey bought the sheet at the New York Avenue Post Office window in Washington, D.C. Soon after, the sheet was sold to Col. Edward H. R. Green through Eugene Klein, a Philadelphia stamp dealer. Green paid $20,000 for the sheet, then instructed Klein to divide it into singles and blocks, and to sell all but a few key position blocks.

It is well-known among stamp specialists and professionals that examples of this stamp come in different grades of freshness and condition. Many of the original 100 stamps were mistreated by collectors during the years, despite the stamps' rarity and value. Colonel Green himself allowed moisture to affect some of the stamps he retained. Other examples have become slightly toned from improper storage and climatic conditions. Hinging has caused thins and creases in numerous stamps, and at least seven have been "lost" to philately--or nearly so as in the case of the copy swept up in a vacuum cleaner. The stamp offered here is well-centered and remarkably fresh.

Signed in pencil four times, including those of Bolaffi, A. Diena and Enzo Diena. Two backstamps, including one of former owner Bernard D. Forster. Ex Sir William Lindsay Everard (an early British aviator) and Forster. With 1983 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 450,000.00

SOLD for $170,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
585 nh Image8c Dark Green, 1923 Air Post (C4). Mint N.H., radiant color, precise centering, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2011 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $450.00) (Image)

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 $ 40.00

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
586 nh Image16c Dark Blue, 1923 Air Post (C5). Mint N.H., deep rich color on bright paper, perfectly centered with wide margins, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $1,350.00), only two have graded higher (Image)

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 $ 130.00

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
587 nhbl Image16c Dark Blue, 1923 Air Post (C5). Mint N.H. top plate no. F14829 block of six, rich color, some internal perf separations, otherwise Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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 $ 2,150.00

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
588 ogbl Image24c Carmine, 1923 Air Post (C6). Right plate no. 14840 block of six, lightly hinged, fresh and Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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 $ 1,850.00

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

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