Sale 997 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 26-29 October, 2010
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Special Printing (Scott 168-175)
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1c Ultramarine, Special Printing (167). Without gum as issued, scissors-separated as almost always but leaving intact perfs on three sidesVERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our recently updated census records for Scott 167 contain 44 certified examples. Of these, fewer than ten have perforations all around (including two with either imprint or plate no. at bottom). Very few are centered as well as this stamp.
Unpublished Census No. 167-UNC-25. Ex Hetherington, Caspary, Bayou and Laila. With 1957 and 2002 P.F. certificates
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