Sale 1129 — 2016 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Tuesday, 31 May, 2016
Category — 1870-88 Bank Note Issues with Special Printings
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386
15c Orange, Special Printing (199). Without gum as issued, vibrant color, small natural inclusion, rounded corner at bottom leftFINE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1880 15-CENT AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 199 contains only 37 certified examples. Of these, only 12 are confirmed as sound, 10 have faults and 15 need to be reexamined according to current methods and standards. Many of the stamps, regardless of condition, are off center.
Census No. 199-UNC-25. Ex Caspary and Kharasch. With 1957 P.F. certificate
33,500
10,500