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
172
10c Pale Brown, Special Printing (172). Without gum as issued, rich color, scissors-separated with full perfs on three sides and partial at bottom, wide marginsFINE AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 172 contains 36 certified examples. A majority of these are scissors-separated into the perforations on at least one side.
Census No. 172-UNC-19. Ex Francis E. Stern (Siegel Sale 309). With 1967 P.F. certificate
19,000
4,250