12c Blackish Purple, Special Printing (198). Without gum as issued, deep rich color and detailed impression, wide margins

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL WIDE-MARGINED SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 1880 12-CENT AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.

Our census of Scott 198 contains 65 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 64 available to collectors. Of these, at least one-third have flaws. Many have poor centering.

Census no. 198-UNC-08. Ex Hetherington. With 1957 and 2006 P.F. certificates

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