Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins

Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020

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Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-175)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2804
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Sale 1227, Lot 2804, 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-175)12c Dark Violet, Special Printing (173). Without gum as issued, intense shade on bright paper, scissors-separated as usual but virtually all perfs intact

VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.

Our census records for Scott 173 contain 71 certified examples.

Census no. 171-UNC-48. With 1972 and 2010 P.F. certificates

5,500
3,500