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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30c Greenish Black, Special Printing (176). Without gum as issued, perfs scissors-separated as usual but intact on two sides, lovely shade and impressionVERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 176, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/176 , contains 50 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 49 available to collectors. Of these, fewer than ten have perforations on all four sides.
Census no. 176-UNC-13. 1948 P.F. certificate no longer accompanies. With 1997 P.S.E. certificate.
12,000
4,750