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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15c Bright Orange, Special Printing (174). Without gum as issued, vibrant color, perfs scissors-separated as usual with full perforations on three sides, few unpunched perfs at top left, perforations are clear of the design on all sidesVERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 174 contains 40 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 39 available to collectors. Of these, an overwhelming majority have the perforations scissors-separated on at least one side. Only five or six have intact perforations, and of those perhaps half are faulty.
Census no. 174-UNC-33. Ex Wingate. With 1960 P.F. certificate.
15,500
6,750