24c Dull Purple, Special Printing (175). Deep rich color, bold strike of registry oval cancels, small thin spot in forehead, tiny tear at top above "P" in "Postage"

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. LESS THAN FIVE USED EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN.

There are no known used examples of the soft paper American Bank Note Co. special printings. For the hard paper Continental Bank Note Co. special printings, the 3c and 24c are known used. The most spectacular example is of Scott No. 169 on a cover, cancelled at the Centennial Exposition.

With 2007 P.F. certificate. Undercatalogued in Scott.

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