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 2c Carmine Vermilion, Special Printing (180).
Without gum as issued, brilliant color on crisp paper, centered to lower left but with perforations well clear of the design on all sides, nibbed perf at upper right not mentioned on accompanying certificateFRESH AND VERY FINE. A RARE EXAMPLE
OF THE 1875 2-CENT CARMINE VERMILION CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL BANK NOTE SPECIAL PRINTINGS. ONLY 24 ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS. Our census of Scott 180, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/180 , records 24 examples of this rare Special Printing, one of which is in The New York Public Library collection. Perhaps a dozen
are confirmed as sound. Census No. 180-UNC-09. Ex Caspary and Golin. With 1992 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
$ 70,000.00
SOLD for $23,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 5c Bright Blue, Special Printing (181). Without
gum as issued, deep rich color on crisp paper, full and intact perforations all around, small thin spot at top left outside of the design, the 1992 P.F. certificate repeated an earlier and inaccurate toned” condition note, but we never agreed with
that observation, and The Philatelic Foundation just issued a new certificate that concurs with our opinionVERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE 5-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY HARD-PAPER SPECIAL PRINTING, SCOTT 181, IS ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL
UNITED STATES STAMPS. ONLY TEN EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS, INCLUDING ONE IN THE MILLER COLLECTION AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. THIS IS THE FIRST WE HAVE OFFERED SINCE 2009. Our census of Scott 181, available at our website at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/181 , contains only ten examples, including one in The New York Public Library collection, leaving nine available to collectors. One
(number 8) was certified in 1952 and needs to be reexamined for condition and identification. Two have perforations touching the design at bottom (numbers 1 and 5). One other has perforations partly scissors-separated but intact (number 3). This
leaves only five well-centered examples available to collectors with intact perforations (numbers 2, 4, 6, 7 and 9). The stamp offered here was part of a group of Special Printings that were misdescribed as toned” on P.F. certificates issued
many years ago, and that incorrect description was repeated in 1992 for this Scott 181, despite the general consensus that none of the stamps were toned in any way. We submitted this stamp for another examination and opinion, and we are pleased to
report that the previous toned” comment has been deemed inaccurate. The last Scott 181 we offered was in our Laila” sale in 2009 (Census No. 4), where it realized $475,000 hammer. We had previously sold the same copy in 2007 for $450,000 hammer.
Prior to that, one has to go back to our 1998 Zoellner sale to find an example in our auctions. Outside of the ex Laila” stamp, we are aware of only two other Scott 181's that have traded hands since 2001 -- number 2 (2001 Floyd sale) and number 3
(2008 Newport sale). Census No. 181-UNC-06. Ex Peyton (Isleham”), McNall and Lyons. With 1992 and 2018 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
$ 450,000.00
SOLD for $310,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
