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 90c Violet Carmine, Special Printing (177).
Without gum as issued, brilliant color, perfs scissors-separated as usual but intact on at least two sides, unusual natural plate wash at lower leftVERY FINE. A RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL
PRINTING. Our census records for Scott 177 contain 46 copies. Census No. 177-UNC-21. Offered to the market for the first time since Siegel Sale 459 (Oct. 1974). With 1970 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at
SiegelAuctions.com |
20,000.00
SOLD for $6,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 2c Carmine Vermilion, Special Printing (180).
Without gum as issued, vibrant color, perfs scissors-separated causing straight edge at top and right, top right with tiny margin repair, pinhole and thin spot`FINE-APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT CARMINE VERMILION CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE SPECIAL
PRINTING. ONE OF THE RAREST SPECIAL PRINTINGS WITH ONLY 23 EXAMPLES RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS. Our census of Scott 180, available at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/180/180.pdf , contains 23 examples of this rare Special Printing, one of which is in The New York Public Library collection. Census No. 180-UNC-07. With 1952 P.F. certificate not
mentioning any faults. (Image) Search
for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
70,000.00
SOLD for $11,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
