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The Curtis Collection: U.S. Back-of-Book and Possessions continued...

Newspapers & Periodicals: 1894 Issue (Scott PR90-PR101)
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
238 ogbl Image1c Intense Black, 1894 Issue (PR90). Pane of 50 with imprint and plate no. 482 at top and part imprints at sides, natural s.e. at bottom, intense shade and impression, 19 stamps Mint N.H., some perf separations sensibly reinforced

FINE-VERY FINE. A SCARCE PANE OF 50 OF THE ONE-CENT 1894 UNWATERMARKED NEWSPAPERS & PERIODICALS ISSUE.

With 2003 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as singles with no premium for the plate block (which is not even listed in Scott) (Image)

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 $ 32,175.00

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
239 og Image2c Intense Black, 1894 Issue (PR91). Original gum, lightly hinged, incredibly deep shade and crisp impression, Very Fine and choice, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 500.00

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
240 og Image4c Intense Black, 1894 Issue (PR92). Original gum, lightly hinged, well-centered with almost perfectly balanced margins, Extremely Fine, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

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 $ 550.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
241 nh Image6c Intense Black, 1894 Issue (PR93). Mint N.H., intense shade and impression, three wide margins, natural vertical creases at right, Fine, rare in Mint N.H. condition, with 2007 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 11,500.00

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
242 og Image6c Intense Black, 1894 Issue (PR93). Original gum, h.r., intense color and impression, thin spot and light vertical crease, Very Fine appearance, a scarce Newspaper stamp, with 1984 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 4,500.00

SOLD for $550.00
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243 og Image12c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR95). Original gum, lightly hinged, pretty pastel shade, fresh and Fine, ex Cook, with 2006 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 2,600.00

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
244   Image12c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR95). Central strike of Providence R.I. oval cancel, slightly discolored, small horizontal crease ending in tear, Very Fine appearance, a rarely seen used example of which only three or four examples are known, with 1999 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 4,500.00

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
245 og Image24c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR96). Original gum, lightly hinged, bright fresh color, couple slight natural gum bends endemic to this issue (not mentioned on accompanying certificate), Fine, ex Johnson, with 1998 A.P.S. certificate (Image)

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 $ 3,750.00

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
246   Image24c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR96). Light purple Cincinnati O. straightline handstamp, characteristic pastel shade, well-centered within particularly wide margins, light vertical wrinkle

VERY FINE AND IMMENSELY RARE. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED USED EXAMPLES OF THE 24-CENT 1894 FIRST BUREAU ISSUE. THIS IS EASILY THE FINER OF THE TWO.

The only other recorded used example that we can find was offered in the Richard Collier sale in 2009. That example was centered to the top left, had a corner crease and surface scrape.

With 2005 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

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 $ 4,750.00

SOLD for $8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
247 og Image36c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR97). Original gum, h.r., bright color, centered to bottom and capturing part of imprint at top, small tear at top, some light creasing at bottom

FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE SECOND EXAMPLE OF THE 36-CENT 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU NEWSPAPER ISSUE WE HAVE OFFERED SINCE KEEPING COMPUTERIZED RECORDS. ONLY NINE ARE CONTAINED IN OUR RECORDS, AND NONE ARE SOUND.

Our recently updated census of PR97 (available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/PR98/PR97.pdf ) contains nine unused examples, all with original gum. None are sound -- most have thin spots or creases. The only other example we sold was in 2014 in the George A. Schwenk Collection -- it was reperfed and had a small thin spot, and it realized $57,500 hammer.

Census No. PR97-OG-02. Ex Engel. With 1969 and 1992 P.F. certificates. Scott Catalogue values this issue in the grade of Very Good-Fine (Image)

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 $ 50,000.00

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
248 og Image$6.00 Pale Blue, 1894 Issue (PR101). Original gum, h.r., radiant color, tiny natural inclusion, repaired at top with light thinning

FINE APPEARANCE. THE $6.00 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE IS ONE OF THE RAREST OF THE REGULARLY-ISSUED NEWSPAPER STAMPS. ONLY FIFTEEN UNUSED EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS GENUINE BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION, MOST OF WHICH HAVE VARYING DEGREES OF FAULTS.

Our recently updated census of PR101 (available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/PR101/PR101.pdf ) contains fifteen unused and one used copy of this rarity. Only five are potentially sound.

Census No. PR101-OG-08. With 1996 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 60,000.00

SOLD for $6,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

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