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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2c Carmine Vermilion, Special Printing (180). Without gum as issued, intense color and proof-like impression, full and intact perfs all around without any scissors-separationFRESH AND FINE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 1875 2-CENT CARMINE VERMILION CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL BANK NOTE SPECIAL PRINTINGS. ONLY 24 ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.
Our census of Scott 180, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/180 , contains 24 examples of this rare Special Printing, one of which is in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library. Only about a dozen are confirmed as sound, including this choice example.
Census no. 180-UNC-04. Ex Kantor and Hoffman. With 1948, 1965 and 2002 P.F. certificates.
70,000
26,000