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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12c Dark Violet, Special Printing (173). Without gum as issued, deep rich color and detailed impression, intact perforations on all sides, 1991 P.F. certificate (no longer accompanies) notes small shallow thin at top right which we cannot detectVERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 173 contains 72 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 71 available to collectors. Many are scissors-separated on at least one side.
Census no. 173-UNC-07. With 2005 P.S.E. certificate
5,500
3,000