Sale 1187 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 25 July, 2018
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-177)
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30c Greenish Black, Special Printing (176). Without gum as issued, perfs scissors-separated and intact on two sides, blunted at bottom, wide margins, lovely shade and impressionVERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Many examples of the Continental Bank Note special printings were separated by scissors, and so are often found with perforations partly missing or entirely trimmed away. Our census records for Scott 176 contain 50 copies. Of these, few have perforations on all four sides.
Ex Hetherington. Census No. 176-UNC-06. With 1957 and 2016 P.F. certificates
12,000
4,500