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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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
393
4c Deep Blue Green, Special Printing (211D). Without gum as issued, rich color on bright paper, tiny thin spot in top margin where one shortish perfVERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 1883 4-CENT AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY 26 ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.
Our census of the 4c 1883 Special Printing, available at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/211D/211D.pdf , contains 26 stamps offered as No. 211D, of which 25 have been certified by The Philatelic Foundation. Post Office Department records indicate that only 26 were sold.
Census No. 211D-UNC-07. Last offered in our 1976 Rarities sale. With 1948 P.F. certificate
60,000
12,000
