Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins

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

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Category — 1880-83 American Bank Note Co. Special Printing (Scott 192-202)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2837
og
Sale 1227, Lot 2837, 1880-83 American Bank Note Co. Special Printing (Scott 192-202)1c Dark Ultramarine, Special Printing (192). Without gum as issued, deep rich color on bright paper, choice centering for this difficult issue, few thins and small creases

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY 26 ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL CLASSIC UNITED STATES STAMPS.

Our census of Scott 192, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/192 , contains 26 examples. Of these, only eleven are sound and most are off center.

Census no. 192-UNC-04. Ex Beals. With 1950 A.P.S. and 2018 certificates. P.F. certificate nos. 8269 and 257327 no longer accompany

57,500
12,000