Sale 1247 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 14-15 December, 2021
Category — 1880-83 American Bank Note Co. Soft Paper Special Printing (Scott 192-202, 211D)
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330
12c Blackish Purple, Special Printing (198). Without gum as issued, deep rich color, pulled perf and thin spot at topFINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 1880 12-CENT AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 198 contains 65 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 64 available to collectors. Of these, at least one-third have flaws. Many have poor centering.
Census no. 198-UNC-64. With 1947 P.F. certificate issued to Roger Weill
9,500
2,600