6c Dull Rose, Special Printing (195). Without gum as issued, fresh and bright color, completely sound

FINE. A RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 6-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY 29 EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS. A PHENOMENAL RARITY.

Our census of Scott 195 contains 29 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 28 available to collectors. This is 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-28. Ex Honeyman. With 2007 P.F. certificate

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