Sale 1187 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 25 July, 2018
Category — 1880-83 American Bank Note Co. Soft Paper Special Printing (Scott 192-204, 205C)
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30c Greenish Black, Special Printing (201). Without gum as issued, intense shade and impression, three wide margins, central thin not mentioned on accompanying certificateFINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census records for Scott 201 contain approximately 45 certified examples. Only ten are confirmed as sound and only seven of those have decent centering. Another 17 need to be reexamined for condition, but only a handful of these have nice centering.
Census No. 201-UNC-37. With 1953 P.F. certificate
20,000
6,250