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The Curtis Collection: U.S. Revenues, Part 2 continued...

Second Issue Revenues continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1272   Image$10.00, $25.00 Blue & Black, Second Issue (R128, R130). Cancelled by manuscript Dec. 15, 1871 and initials on indenture, fresh and Very Fine, ex Cunliffe (Image)

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 E. 500-750

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1273 og Image$20.00 Blue & Black, Second Issue (R129). Horizontal pair, original gum, rich colors, fresh and Very Fine, scarce pair especially in original-gum condition, Scott Retail as used (Image)

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 $ 2,500.00

SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
1274   Image$20.00 Blue & Black, Second Issue (R129). Horizontal pair, rich colors, neat manuscript cancels, right stamp tiny pinhole, Very Fine appearance, a scarce pair (Image)

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 $ 2,500.00

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1275   Image$20.00 Blue & Black, Second Issue (R129). Two, used with $3.50 (R126) and $1.00 Third Issue (R144), cancelled by manuscript "X", date and initials on large part of indenture dated Feb. 12, 1872, Very Fine and colorful, ex Cunliffe (Image)

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 E. 300-400

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
1276   Image$25.00, $50.00 Blue & Black, Second Issue (R130, R131). Used together on $150,000 1872 Railroad Promissory Note, manuscript cancel, $25.00 additional cut cancel and $50.00 filing hole, document crease thru stamps, Fine appearance, scarce usage, ex Tolman, Scott Retail as both cut cancel (Image)

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 $ 790.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
1277   Image$50.00 Blue & Black, Second Issue (R131). Horizontal pair, intense colors, neat Nov. 15, 1871 manuscript cancels, few minor perf separations sensibly reinforced, Very Fine, ex Eagle and Joyce (Image)

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 $ 3,250.00

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1278   Image$50.00 Blue & Black, Second Issue (R131). Horizontal pair, neat Feb. 21, 1872 manuscript cancels, Fine, a scarce pair (Image)

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 $ 3,250.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
1279   Image$50.00 Blue & Black, Second Issue (R131). Reconstructed vertical pair with full captured imprint at right, manuscript cancels, bottom stamp light crease, Fine appearance, Scott Retail as singles (Image)

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 $ 3,000.00

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
1280   Image$50.00 Blue & Black, Second Issue (R131). Horizontal pair and single, cancelled by "3/25/72" manuscript and signatures on back of $300,000 promissory note for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co., to be paid in three months with 10% interest, signature of J.M. Walker (president) alongside stamps, single with natural pre-printing paperfold, few faults including left stamp in pair defective, still Fine and extremely rare document with three $50.00 Second Issue revenues, Scott Retail as off document $4,750.00 (Image)

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 E. 400-500

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
1281   Image$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 left

VERY 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 (Image)

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 $ 9,000.00

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1282   Image$200.00 Red, Blue & Black, Second Issue, "Small Persian Rug" (R132). Rich colors, cancelled by "L. C. C. 5th June 1872" manuscript cancel and used with $5.00 Vermilion & Black (R148) and two horizontal pairs and single of $10.00 Green & Black (R149) Third Issue, similarly cancelled, on indenture between Luther Clark and the Clifton Mining Company for 23,320 acres in Pierrepont N.Y., most stamps effectively tied by creases or bends (accompanying certificate states all stamps creased but we fail to see broken paper fibers in $200.00 and top pair of $10.00), document missing two additional stamps at bottom where folded

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE DOCUMENT BEARING THE $200.00 SMALL PERSIAN RUG. THIS IS THE FIRST ON A DOCUMENT WE HAVE OFFERED SINCE KEEPING COMPUTERIZED RECORDS.

The Clifton Mining Company was the successor to the Clifton Iron Company, which operated a single iron mine with railroad connection on the acreage covered by this indenture and went into receivership in 1869. According to later testimony, the new Clifton Mining Company never mined any ore after taking over use of the property covered in this deed.

With 1985 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as used stamps $11,242.50 (Image)

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 E. $ 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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