Sale 1234 — The Gary Petersen Collection of Important United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 29-30 April, 2021
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-181)
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3c Blue Green, Special Printing (169). Without gum as issued, scissors-separated as usual, reperfed at left, accompanying certificate notes small removed stain spot which was expertly done as we see no evidence of it, but is shown on an older certificate that no longer accompaniesFINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 1875 3-CENT CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 169 contains 37 examples, including one on cover and one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 35 unused stamps available to collectors. Of these, only three have perforations all around and are confirmed as sound.
Census no. 169-UNC-25. 1986 P.F. certificate no. 163442 no longer accompanies. With 1987 P.F. certificate.
15,000
9,500