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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280
30c Greenish Black, Special Printing (176). Without gum as issued, perfs scissors-separated as usual but intact on two sides, light stain at top, tiny thin spot at top left cornerVERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census records for Scott 176 contain 50 copies. Of these, approximately a dozen have perforations on all four sides. Very few of those are well-centered.
Census No. 176-UNC-27. With 1969 P.F. certificate. P.F. certificate no. 214599 no longer accompanies
12,000
3,500