Sale 1288 — The Nelson Berman Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday, 22 June, 2023
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-181)
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15c Bright Orange, Special Printing (174). Without gum as issued, rich color and sharp proof-like impression on bright white paper, scissors-separated as are most but leaving full and intact perfs on three sidesFRESH AND VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 174, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/174 , contains 41 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 40 available to collectors. An overwhelming majority have the perforations scissors-separated on at least one side. Only five or six have intact perforations, and of those perhaps half are faulty.
Census no. 174-UNC-11. With 1960 P.F. certificate
19,000
7,000