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The Curtis Collection: 1847-1901 Stamps and Covers continued...

1895 Watermarked Bureau Issue (Scott 264-278) continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
3634   Image$5.00 Dark Green (278). Choice centering with wide margins, pretty shade, face-free cancel leaves entire design clearly visible, Extremely Fine, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $1,250.00) (Image)

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 $ 625.00

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
3635   Image$5.00 Dark Green (278). Face-free cancel, well-balanced margins, small thin spots at bottom, Very Fine appearance (Image)

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 $ 625.00

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
3636 bl Image$5.00 Dark Green (278). Block of four, choice centering, neat strikes of New York oval registry cancels, few flaws including sensibly reinforced perf separations and creases, still Very Fine, ex Whitpain, a scarce used block of the $5.00 watermarked Bureau issue, the last block we offered was in our 2001 Twigg-Smith sale (Image)

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 $ 4,000.00

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
3637   Image$5.00 Dark Green (278). Block of eight, block of four and pair, first two natural s.e. at left, used with $1.00 Black, Ty. I (276), 3c Purple (268), 10c Orange Brown, Ty. I (282C) and pair of 15c Olive Green (284), tied by "New York Reg" oval cancels on piece, 3c perfs trimmed, couple light horizontal creases, one $5.00 small tear at bottom

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE USED MULTIPLE AS PART OF $71.43 IN POSTAGE. THIS MAY BE THE LARGEST USED MULTIPLE OF THE $5.00 1895 WATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE IN EXISTENCE.

Using an inflation calculator, the $71.43 in postage in 1898 is the equivalent of $1,758.15 in today's money. We can only speculate as to what such a valuable package may have contained. Linn's U.S. Stamp Facts notes that the largest used multiple is a block of four, so the editors must have been unaware of this multiple.

Ex Whitpain. Scott Retail as three blocks of four and two singles (Image)

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 E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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