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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Photo/Description
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2c Carmine Vermilion, Special Printing (180). Without gum as issued, vibrant color, perfs scissors-separated causing straight edge at top and right, top right with tiny margin repair, pinhole and thin spot`FINE-APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT CARMINE VERMILION CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE SPECIAL PRINTING. ONE OF THE RAREST SPECIAL PRINTINGS WITH ONLY 23 EXAMPLES RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.
Our census of Scott 180, available at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/180/180.pdf , contains 23 examples of this rare Special Printing, one of which is in The New York Public Library collection.
Census No. 180-UNC-07. With 1952 P.F. certificate not mentioning any faults.
70,000
11,000