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)

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Sale 1227, Lot 2811, 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-175)90c Violet Carmine, Special Printing (177). Without gum as issued, well-centered with mostly complete perfs all around, beautiful deep color and crisp impression

VERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1875 90-CENT CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE SPECIAL PRINTING. SCARCE IN SUCH CHOICE CONDITION.

Our census records for Scott 177 contain 46 copies. Only seventeen have perforations intact on all four sides, and of these only nine are confirmed as sound. Many have poor centering.

Census no. 177-UNC-28. Ex Caspary and Curtis. With 1957 and 1984 P.F. certificates.

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