Sale 1092 — Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 19-20 February, 2015
Category — 1879-87 American Bank Note Co. Issues (Scott 182-218)
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12c Blackish Purple, Special Printing (198). Without gum as issued, deep rich color, remarkably choice centering with wide margins all around, negligible small lightened ink spot on noseEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A BRILLIANT WIDE-MARGINED EXAMPLE OF THE 1880 12-CENT AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our recently updated census records for Scott 198 contain 62 certified examples. Of these, fully one-third have small flaws (mostly thin spots due to the porous nature of the paper). Few are as well-centered as the example offered here.
Census No. 198-UNC-10. With 1985 P.F. certificate
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