1880 2c black brown, Special Printing, without gum as issued, incredibly fresh, proof-like impression, centered to top, fine and completely sound example of the 2c 1880 American Bank Note Company special printing, with 2000 PFC. Only 47 certified examples of No.193 have been recorded, of which almost half have faults (mostly thins). Of the sound examples, nearly all are centered to top or to one side, cat. $17000 (Cat No. 193) (Image)

Cat. $17000, Est.$5,000

1880 7c scarlet vermilion, Special Printing, without gum as issued, intense color and sharp impression, centered to bottom, fine and completely sound example of the 7c 1880 American Bank Note Company special printing, with 1994 PFC. Only 80 certified examples of No.196 have been recorded, cat. $6750 (Cat No. 196) (Image)

Cat. $6750, Est.$2,000

1880 12c blackish purple, Special Printing, without gum as issued, beautiful color and fresh, natural straight edge at right, with a tiny thin, fine appearing example of the 12c 1880 American Bank Note Company special printing, with 1994 PFC. Only 62 certified examples of No.198 have been recorded, many with faults, cat. $9500 (Cat No. 198) (Image)

Cat. $9500, Est.$2,000

1880 15c orange, Special Printing, without gum as issued, well centered for this difficult stamp, small closed tear at top margin, fresh and fine appearing example of the 15c 1880 American Bank Note Company special printing, with 1994 PFC. Only 37 certified examples of No.199 are recorded, of which half have various faults, cat. $29000 (Cat No. 199) (Image)

Cat. $29000, Est.$5,000

1880 24c dark violet, Special Printing, without gum as issued, centered to top, with intact perforations and nice color, fine and sound 24c 1880 American Bank Note Company special printing, with 1998 PFC. Only 67 certified examples of No.200 are recorded, of which half have various faults, cat. $9000 (Cat No. 200) (Image)

Cat. $9000, Est.$2,500

1880 30c greenish black, Special Printing, without gum as issued, perfectly centered, wide margins all around, v.f. 30c 1880 American Bank Note Company special printing, with 1994 and 2001 PFCs, also 2009 graded (VF 90) PSE certificate 1998 PFC. The Philatelic Foundation records 44 examples of No.201, of which 16 have faults (usually a thin spot). Only 10 are confirmed as sound and only 7 have decent centering, probably none as nice as this beautiful stamp (SMQ $28,500) cat. $20000 (Cat No. 201) (Image)

Cat. $20000, Est.$15,000

1880 90c dull carmine, Special Printing, without gum as issued, centered to right, nice color, tiny thin spot, with 1993 PFC stating "reperforated at right". A fine appearing example of the 90c 1880 American Bank Note Company special printing. The Philatelic Foundation records approximately 41 certified copies. They are notorious for their condition, thins or more serious faults affect about half of the known examples, cat. $29000 (Cat No. 202) (Image)

Cat. $29000, Est.$5,000

1880 2c scarlet vermilion, Special Printing, without gum as issued, fresh and fine example of the 2c 1880 American Bank Note Company special printing. This is one of the rarest of all Bank Note special printings, signed "W.H.C." (Colson), with 2007 PFC. Only 20 examples of the 2c scarlet vermilion are recorded (one is in the Miller collection at The New York Public Library) cat. $100000 (Cat No. 203) (Image)

Cat. $100000, Est.$50,000