Sale 1037 — United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 10-14 December, 2012
Category — 1875-88 Bank Note Issues incl. Special Printings (Scott 174-218)
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15c Bright Orange, Special Printing (174). Without gum as issued, vibrant color, perfs trimmed on three sidesFINE EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our recently updated census records for Scott 174 contain 39 certified examples. Of these, an overwhelming majority have the perforations scissors-separated on at least one side.
Census No. 174-UNC-39. With 2012 P.F. certificate
20,000
4,500