Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — 1870-71 National Bank Note Co. Grilled Issue (Scott 134-144)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2759
90c Carmine, H. Grill (144). Original gum, lightly hinged, clearly-defined grill, intense shade, reperfed at left and most recent certificate notes "tiny gum spots opposite Perry's eye" (they are indeed tiny)FINE APPEARING AND RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1870 90-CENT NATIONAL BANK NOTE GRILLED ISSUE.
Considering original-gum examples only, after the extremely rare 12c and 30c and non-existent 24c, the 90c is the rarest of the 1870 National Grilled Issue.
With 1994 P.S.E. and 2018 P.F. certificates
25,000
2,700
