10c Deep Brown, Special Printing (197). Without gum as issued, intense color and proof-like impression, beautifully centered with extra wide margins

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE RARE 10-CENT AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SOFT-PAPER SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY 33 STAMPS ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS.

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, at least eleven have faults, leaving only 22 sound or potentially sound examples (seven have not been examined in many years). This is one of the few finest extant.

Census no. 197-UNC-08. Ex T. Charlton Henry, Klein and Golin. 1954 P.F. certificate no longer accompanies. With 1988 P.F. certificate

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