Sale 1244 — The Arthur S. Przybyl Collection of United States, Confederate States and Hawaii
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 9-10 November, 2021
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-177, 180)
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12c Dark Violet, Special Printing (173). Without gum as issued, deep rich color and detailed impression, scissors-separated with full perforations on three sides, nicely centeredVERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 173 contains 73 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 72 available to collectors. Many are scissors-separated on at least one side.
Census no. 173-UNC-35. With 1990 P.F. certificate
5,500
3,750