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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7c Reddish Vermilion, Special Printing (171). Without gum as issued, vibrant color, perfs scissors-separated as usual but intact on three sides, accompanying certificate notes reperfed at bottom and right but we are not convincedVERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 1875 7-CENT CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 171 contains 70 certified examples plus one uncertified copy. Most stamps were scissors-separated, affecting the perforations on at least one side.
Census No. 171-UNC-44. With 1970 P.F. certificate
4,500
1,200