Sale 1235 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 19-20 May, 2021
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-177)
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1c Ultramarine, Special Printing (167). Without gum as issued, virtually complete perforations all around, bright color and paperVERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING WITH PERFORATIONS ALL AROUND.
Our census of Scott 167 contains 47 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 46 available to collectors. Of these, fewer than ten have perforations all around.
Census no. 167-UNC-09. Ex Hewitt and Gorham. With 1983 and 2001 P.F. certificates.
17,500
9,500