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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177
30c Greenish Black, Special Printing (176). Without gum as issued, intense shade and impression, scissors-separated as almost always but leaving intact perfs on three sides and portions at bottomVERY FINE. A RARE SOUND AND CENTERED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 176 contains 50 certified examples. Of these, approximately a dozen have perforations on all four sides. Very few of those are well-centered.
Census No. 176-UNC-39. With 1992 and 2001 P.F. certificates
13,500
4,500