2c Black Brown, Special Printing (193). Without gum as issued, deep rich color and detailed impression

VERY FINE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 2-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.

Our census of Scott 193, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/193 , contains 52 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 51 available to collectors. Almost half have faults (mostly thins, which are endemic to this soft porous paper). Of the sound examples, nearly all are centered to top or one side.

Census no. 193-UNC-47. Small blue Colson backstamp. With 1940 American Board of Experts certificate signed by Klemann and Bartels. With 1983, 1990 and 2004 P.F. certificates

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