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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3c Blue Green, Special Printing (169). Without gum as issued, intense shade and impression, perfs scissors-separated but intact on three sidesA FINE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 1875 3-CENT CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 169 contains 36 examples that have been certified as genuine by The Philatelic Foundation (including one on cover). Of these, only three have perforations all around and are confirmed as sound. The example offered here, in sound condition, with full perforations on three sides, should be considered desirable.
Census No. 169-UNC-36. With 1993 P.F. certificate
23,500
6,000