The Grant Inman Collection, Part I: Newspapers and Periodicals

**1865 National Bank Note Company Issue, 1875 and 1881 Reprints (Scott PR1-PR8)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2501		5c Dark Blue, Colored Border, 1865 Issue (PR1). Without gum as issued, wide margins, Very Fine and choice (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 750.00 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
2502		10c Blue Green, Colored Border, 1865 Issue (PR2). Without gum as issued, deep rich color, outstanding centering, Extremely Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 300.00 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
2503		25c Orange Red, Colored Border, 1865 Issue (PR3). Without gum as issued, three wide margins, intense color with distinct orange cast, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 400.00 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
2504		5c Light Blue, White Border, 1865 Issue (PR4). Without gum as issued, selvage at top, bright color, shortish perfs at bottom and perf separations in selvage which are partly hinge reinforced, appears Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 700.00 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
2505		5c Dull Blue, 1875 Reprint, 5c Dark Blue, 1881 American Bank Note Co. Issue (PR5, PR8). Without gum as issued, both with rich color, first with a few short perfs at bottom, appears Very Fine, second with corner perf thin and small central thin, Very Fine appearance (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 875.00 SOLD for $140.00 Will close during Public Auction
2506		10c Dark Bluish Green, 1875 Reprint (PR6). Without gum as issued, wide margins and choice centering, strong color, Extremely Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 250.00 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
2507		25c Dark Carmine, 1875 Reprint (PR7). Without gum as issued, rich Carmine color, Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 300.00 SOLD for $130.00 Will close during Public Auction
2508	S	5c Dark Blue, 1875 Reprint, Red Specimen Ovpt. Ty. C (PR5S-C var). Clear strike of blue "National Bank Note Co. New York Jun. 24, 1875" double-oval datestamp struck at center, faint horizontal crease and couple small perf flaws at left, Very Fine appearance, the only recorded example of the National Bank Note Co. cancel on the 5c Ty. C Specimen overprint (the underlying stamp is the 1875 Reprint), possibly a presentation example, ex Braceland and Kotanchik, with 2006 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
2509	S	10c Dark Bluish Green, 1875 Reprint, Red Specimen Ovpt. Ty. C (PR6S-C var). Clear strike of blue "National Bank Note Co. New York Jun. 24, 1875" double-oval datestamp struck at center, small black mark on back barely shows thru at right, corner perf crease at top left, tiny tear at right, Fine appearance, the only recorded example of the National Bank Note Co. cancel on the 10c Ty. C Specimen overprint (the underlying stamp is the 1875 Reprint), possibly a presentation example, the normal Specimen is listed only under PR2S (1865 Issue), but we feel this is the 1875 Reprint shade, ex Braceland and Kotanchik, P.F. certificate no. 446658 no longer accompanies, but identifies this as PR2S-C (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
2510		5c-25c Newspaper, 1875 Special Printing, Imperforate (PR5 var- PR7 var). Without gum as issued, each with bottom right corner sheet margins, brilliant colors, 25c with trivial natural inclusion to left of portrait EXTREMELY FINE SET OF THE 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY IMPERFORATE SPECIAL PRINTING OF THE FIRST NEWSPAPER ISSUE. VERY RARE IN THIS CHOICE CONDITION. According to the Scott Catalogue, Continental Bank Note Co. made a second special printing from new plates, which did not have the colored border. They exist both perforated and imperforate, and were not regularly issued. Each with 2006 P.S.E. certificate. Scott Retail for the set (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 3,750.00 SOLD for $1,800.00 Will close during Public Auction
2511		5c Dark Blue, White Border, 1881 Reprint (PR8). Without gum as issued, deep rich color, well-centered, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 650.00 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction