Sale 1150 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 1 March, 2017
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-177, 180)
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2c Dark Brown, Special Printing (168). Without gum as issued, deep rich color, intact perfs on three sides and virtually intact at rightFINE EXAMPLE OF THE 1875 2-CENT CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 168 contains only 57 copies certified as genuine. Many have perfs scissors-trimmed on at least one side.
Census No. 168-UNC-02. Ex Greenes (Siegel Sale 395, May 13, 1971). With 1959 P.F. certificate.
6,750
1,700
