Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-175)
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24c Dull Purple, Special Printing (175). Without gum as issued, complete perfs all around without the usual scissors-separation, beautiful color and sharp impressionVERY FINE AND ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE 1875 24-CENT CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 175 contains approximately 110 examples. Many are scissors-separated with large portions of perfs missing from one or more sides.
Census no. 171-UNC-105. With 2008 P.S.E. certificate
5,000
3,250
