Sale 1192 — United States Stamps including Confederate States and Hawaii
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 14-16 November, 2018
Category — 1879-88 American Bank Note Co. Issues (Scott 182-218)
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15c Orange, Special Printing (199). Without gum as issued, vibrant color, light pressed-out vertical crease at left, tiny tear at top rightVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A SCARCE EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY 37 ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.
Our census of Scott 199 contains 37 certified examples. Of these, only 12 are confirmed as sound, 11 have faults and 14 need to be reexamined according to current methods and standards.
Census No. 199-UNC-36. Ex "Ambassador". With 1956 P.F. certificate. 1992 P.F. certificate no longer accompanies
29,000
7,000