Sale 1247 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 14-15 December, 2021
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-177)
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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
304
7c Reddish Vermilion, Special Printing (171). Without gum as issued, vibrant color, perfs scissors-separated as usual but intact on three sides, accompanying certificate notes reperfed at bottom and right but we are not convinced, Very Fine appearance, our census of Scott 171 contains 76 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 75 available to collectors, most stamps were scissors-separated, affecting the perforations on at least one side, Census no. 171-UNC-44, with 1970 P.F. certificate
4,000
2,000
