Sale 968A — The Alan B. Whitman Collection, Part Two: 1870-1901 Issues
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 14-15 April, 2009
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Special Printing (Scott 168-180)
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2c Carmine Vermilion, Special Printing (180). Without gum as issued, intense color and proof-like impression, full perforations all around without any scissors-separation, beautifully centered with extra wide margins on three sidesAN EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 1875 2-CENT CARMINE VERMILION CONTINENTAL SPECIAL PRINTING. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL BANK NOTE SPECIAL PRINTINGS. ONLY 24 EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS. THIS STAMP RANKS AMONG THE TOP TWO OR THREE IN TERMS OF CONDITION.
Our census of Scott 180 (available at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/180/180.pdf ) records 24 examples of this rare Special Printing, one of which is in The New York Public Library collection. Comparing this stamp to the others, we would rank it among the top two or three best-centered copies.
Census No. 180-UNC-18. Ex Hewitt and Concord. With 1985 and 1997 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (VF-XF 85).
80,000
85,000