10c Deep Brown, Special Printing (197). Without gum as issued, intense shade and impression, unusually choice centering with wide and balanced margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY 33 ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST.

Our census of Scott 197, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/197 , contains 34 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 33 available to collectors. Of these, eleven have faults, leaving only 22 sound or potentially sound examples (seven have not been examined in many years). Several of these have poor centering.

Census no. 197-UNC-07. Ex Chapin. With 1950 and 2003 P.F. certificates.

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