12c Dark Violet, Special Printing (173). Without gum as issued, rich color on bright paper, full perforations all around, three wide margins, pulled perf at bottom left

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. RARE WITH SUCH HUGE MARGINS.

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. Very few have margins as wide as this example.

With 2002 P.S.E. certificate

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