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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6c Dull Rose, Special Printing (170). Without gum as issued, radiant color, perfs scissors-separated as usual but virtually intact on three sidesFINE. A RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 1875 6-CENT CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 170 contains 35 examples.
Census No. 170-UNC-28. Ex Mielstrup. Signed Sloane. With 1960 P.F. certificate.
20,000
5,500