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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335
90c Dull Carmine, Special Printing (202). Without gum as issued, bright color, reperfed at right and tiny thin spot at leftFINE. APPEARANCE. ONLY 41 EXAMPLES OF THE 90-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTINGS ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS.
Our census of Scott 202 contains 42 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 41 available to collectors. The 90c 1880 Special Printing on soft paper is notorious for its condition. Thins or more serious faults affect about half of the known examples. Most of the sound examples are centered to the right.
Census no. 202-UNC-24. With 1993 P.F. certificate.
30,000
8,000