30c Greenish Black, Special Printing (201). Without gum as issued, bright shade and detailed impression, well-centered with long and full perforations all around

VERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 1880 30-CENT AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.

Our census of Scott 201, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/201 , contains only 43 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 42 available to collectors. Only ten are confirmed as sound and only seven of those are well-centered. Another 17 need to be reexamined for condition, but only a handful of these have better than Fine centering.

Census no. 201-UNC-29. Ex Curtis. 1994 P.F. certificate (as "genuine") no longer accompanies. With 2009 P.S.E. certificate

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