Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — 1880-83 American Bank Note Co. Special Printing (Scott 192-202)
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2840
6c Dull Rose, Special Printing (195). Without gum as issued, pretty shade, wide margins, single short perf at top center not mentioned on older certificateVERY FINE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 6-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY 27 ARE CONTAINED IN OUR CENSUS.
Our census of Scott 195 contains 27 examples, an oddly low number. Some of the stamps submitted as the Special Printing, but certified as the regular issue, Scott 186, could in fact be Special Printing stamps (the two are difficult to tell apart). We record another three stamps which we feel are possibly Scott 195, despite previous P.F. certification. Although most examples of this rarity are sound (or potentially sound), many are off center.
Census no. 195-UNC-16. With 1992 P.F. and 2019 P.S.E. certificates
67,500
15,500