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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15c Bright Orange, Special Printing (174). Without gum as issued, scissors-separated as usual but with intact perfs at top and right (unpunched), brilliant color, wide marginsVERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 174 contains 39 certified examples. Of these, an overwhelming majority have the perforations scissors-separated on at least one side. Very few are as well-centered and wide-margined as the example offered here.
Census No. 174-UNC-05. Ex Lessmann. With 1970 P.F. certificate
18,000
10,000