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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10c Pale Brown, Special Printing (172). Without gum as issued, scissors-separated as usual but leaving full perforations on all sides, remarkably choice centering and wide margins for this difficult issueEXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS IS THE FINEST EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL SPECIAL PRINTING IN EXISTENCE. A MAGNIFICENT STAMP.
Our census of Scott 172 contains 36 copies that have been certified as genuine by The Philatelic Foundation. A majority of these have been scissors-separated into the perforations on at least one side. Of the eleven copies with full perforations, most have either pulled perforations or are not well-centered.
Census No. 172-UNC-04. Ex Hetherington and Hinrichs. With 1957 and 2001 P.F. and 2005 P.S.E. certificates.
20,000
22,000