Sale 1362 — The El Dorado Collection of Superb United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 7-9 October, 2025

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Category — 1873 Continental Bank Note Co. Issue (Scott 156-166)

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Sale 1362, Lot 1352, 1873 Continental Bank Note Co. Issue (Scott 156-166)

7c Orange Vermilion (160). Original gum, lightly hinged, brilliant color, unusually choice centering with wide and balanced margins, long and full perforations all around

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1873 7-CENT CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY ISSUE, SCOTT 160, IS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE. THIS STAMP IS GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. — ONLY ONE GRADES HIGHER AND NONE SHARE THIS HIGH GRADE.

With 1989 P.F. and 2011 P.S.E. certificates (OGph, XF-Superb 95). Only one grades higher (at 95J, last sold by us for $8,000 in 2010) and none share this desirable grade. These are very low population numbers at the top of the chart.

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