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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90c Violet Carmine, Special Printing (177). Without gum as issued, bright color, expertly reperfed at rightEXTREMELY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1873 90-CENT CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our recent review of records at the Philatelic Foundation found only 44 certified examples of Scott 177.
Signed E. Stern and with 2000 P.S.E. certificate
30,000
6,250