12c Dark Violet, Special Printing (173). Without gum as issued, deep rich color on bright paper, perfs scissors-separated as usual but with almost all perfs intact

VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.

Our census of Scott 173 contains 73 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 72 available to collectors. Many are scissors-separated on at least one side.

Census no. 173-UNC-23. With 1972 and 2019 P.F. certificates

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