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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30c Greenish Black, Special Printing (176). Without gum as issued, scissors-separated perfs as usual with complete perfs at top, intense shade and impression, nicely balanced marginsVERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTINGS.
Our census of Scott 176 contains 49 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by the New York Public Library, leaving 48 available to collectors. Of these, fewer than ten have perforations on all four sides.
Census no. 176-UNC-41. P.F. certificate nos. 11324 and 50378 no longer accompany (both state "genuine"). With 2016 P.S.E. certificate.
12,000
5,750