Sale 1244 — The Arthur S. Przybyl Collection of United States, Confederate States and Hawaii
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 9-10 November, 2021
Category — 1880-83 American Bank Note Co. Soft Paper Special Printing (Scott 192-205C, 211D)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
279
1c Dark Ultramarine, Special Printing (192). Without gum as issued, rich color on bright paper, centered to lower left, small shallow thin spot at topFINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY 26 ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS, MAKING THIS ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL CLASSIC UNITED STATES STAMPS.
Our census of Scott 192, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/192 , contains 27 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 26 available to collectors. Approximately half are sound, and many are off-center.
Census no. 192-UNC-13. Ex Colonel Green and Hall. With 1996 P.F. certificate
57,500
16,000