Sale 1159 — 2017 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 June, 2017
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-177, 180)
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
168
1c Ultramarine, Special Printing (167). Without gum as issued, rich color and sharp impression, scissors-separated as almost always leaving perfs mostly intact on three sides, few short perfs at left, light red ink mark on back barely shows thruA FINE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE ONE-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 167 contains 45 certified examples. Of these, fewer than ten have perforations all around.
Census No. 167-UNC-24. Signed in pencil. With 1996 P.F. certificate.
15,000
4,000