Sale 1288 — The Nelson Berman Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday, 22 June, 2023
Category — 1880-83 American Bank Note Company Special Printings (Scott 192-211D)
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15c Orange, Special Printing (199). Without gum as issued, intense shade and impressionFRESH AND VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE OF THE 15-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 199, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/199 , contains 40 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 39 available to collectors. Of these, only 15 are confirmed as sound, 7 have faults and 11 need to be reexamined according to current methods and standards.
Census no. 199-UNC-20. With 1943 A.P.S. and 1991 P.F. certificates.
30,000
10,000