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)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
169
2c Dark Brown, Special Printing (168). Without gum as issued, deep color, scissors-separated as almost always leaving straight edge at bottom and full perfs at top so that stamp appears to have wide margins on all sidesA FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT CONTINENTAL HARD-PAPER SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 168 contains 57 certified examples. Many have perfs scissors-trimmed on at least one side.
Census No. 168-UNC-16. Ex Lutwak and Zoellner. With 1971 P.F. certificate
6,750
2,300