Sale 984 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 6-8 April, 2010
Category — 1880 American Bank Note Co. Special Printing (Scott 196)
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503
7c Scarlet Vermilion, Special Printing (196). Without gum as issued, exceptionally well-centered, marvelous rich fiery colorEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE 1880 7-CENT AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our recently updated census records for Scott 196 contain approximately 80 certified examples. It is the most common of the soft-paper Special Printings because the 7c was no longer in production in 1880 and, probably to some degree, because it can be easily identified since there is no regular issue on soft paper.
Unpublished Census No. 196-UNC-03. With 2009 P.S.E. certificate
10,000
10,500