Sale 1289 — 2023 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 June, 2023

Category — 1870-88 Bank Note Issues, including Special Printings

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
615
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Sale 1289, Lot 615, 1870-88 Bank Note Issues, including Special Printings1c Ultramarine, Special Printing (167). Without gum as issued, scissors-separated as usual with intact perfs on two sides and wide straight edge at right, rich color on bright paper

FRESH AND FINE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE ONE-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.

Our census of Scott 167, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/167 , contains 48 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 47 available to collectors. Of these, fewer than ten have perforations all around.

Census no. 167-UNC-27. Ex Col. Green and Stern (Sale 309). With 1967 P.F. certificate

14,000
4,250