Sale 1249 — The Hope Collection of U.S. Newspapers & Periodicals Issues
Sale Date — Tuesday, 1 March, 2022
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Issue (Scott PR10-PR32)
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$6.00 Ultramarine, 1875 Issue (PR26). Original gum, bright color and detailed impression, attractive centering and marginsEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE $6.00 1875 CONTINENTAL NEWSPAPER ISSUE. THIS IS ONE OF THE SCARCEST NEWSPAPER STAMPS TO FIND IN SOUND, CENTERED, ORIGINAL-GUM CONDITION.
Sound, centered, original-gum examples of high-denomination Newspapers & Periodicals stamps printed by the Continental Bank Note Co. are incredibly rare. A search of several collections containing superb offerings of these issues, such as Lutwak, Cole, Lyons, Floyd and Lessin, has failed to find its equal. We have offered only one in comparable condition, which is ex Drucker and Inman.
Ex "Vineyard". With 1988 and 2002 P.F. certificates
4,000
3,500