Sale 1096 — The Robert R. Hall Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 28-30 April, 2015
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-177, 180)
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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
312
1c Ultramarine, Special Printing (167). Without gum as issued, scissors-separated as usual with perfs virtually intact on three sides, brilliant color, small thin spot at topVERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 167 contains 45 certified examples. Of these, fewer than ten have perforations all around.
Census No. 167-UNC-14. With 1980 S.P.A. certificate. PFC 77990 and 255061 no longer accompany.
16,000
7,500