15c Bright Orange, Special Printing (174). Without gum as issued, vibrant color, full perfs on three sides and three wide margins

FRESH AND FINE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 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-19. Pencil initials on back. With 1993 P.F. certificate

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