5c Deep Blue, Special Printing (204). Without gum as issued, rich color and sharp impression, margins wide to just in at bottom, tiny toned spot at top of Taylor's head

ALMOST FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SOFT-PAPER SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY 18 ARE RECORDED.

The 5c 1880 Special Printing on soft paper is the second most elusive of the Bank Note Special printings. Our census of Scott 204 (available at http://siegelauctions.com/enc/census/204.pdf) records only 18 copies of this stamp, including one example in the Miller collection at The New York Public Library. About one-third of the known stamps have minor faults.

Census No. 204-UNC-08. With 1949 and 2008 P.F. certificates.

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