15c Orange, Special Printing (199). Without gum as issued, vivid color, three wide margins

FINE AND RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY 37 ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS.

Our census of Scott 199 contains 38 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 37 available to collectors. Of these, only 12 are confirmed as sound, at least 11 have faults and 14 need to be reexamined according to current methods and standards. This sound example is very desirable.

Census no. 199-UNC-29. Ex Colonel Green and Wingate. With 1948 P.F. and 1997 P.S.E. certificates

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