Sale 1100 — United States Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Monday, 22 June, 2015
Category — 1869 Pictorial Issue thru 1870-90 Bank Notes (Scott 113-229)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
38
12c Dark Violet, Special Printing (173). Without gum as issued, rich color, scissors-separated at top as usual but other three sides with full perforations, wide margins, tiny hinge thinEXTREMELY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our recently updated census records for Scott 173 contain 71 certified examples.
With 1993 P.S.E. and 2013 P.F. certificates
6,750
2,800