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**1870-88 Bank Note Issues (Scott 171 - 179):**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
374		7c Reddish Vermilion, Special Printing (171). Without gum as issued, vibrant color, extraordinarily well-centered with full perforations all around, bright and fresh paper EXTREMELY FINE. APPROXIMATELY 50 OF THE 7-CENT CONTINENTAL SPECIAL PRINTING ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST, OF WHICH A HANDFUL EXIST IN THIS SUPERB CONDITION WITH INTACT PERFORATIONS. Signed E. Stern (Image)	2,500.00	10,500.00
375		1c-6c American Bank Note Issues (178, 179, 182, 183, 185, 186). Well-centered with wide margins, bright colors, light neat cancels, a carefully-chosen group of Extremely Fine Gem stamps (Image)	62.00	220.00
376		2c Vermilion (178). Bottom plate no. and imprint block of 27 (9 x 3), original gum, heavy hinge reinforcing, rich color, top right stamp with tiny piece out and minor perf separations at top VERY GOOD-FINE. ACCORDING TO THE CHAPIN CENSUS, THIS IS ONE OF FOUR KNOWN PLATE BLOCKS AND THE LARGEST KNOWN MULTIPLE OF THIS STAMP. Ex Col. Green. Scott Retail as plate block of fourteen, one block of four, and nine singles (Image)	9,575.00	4,750.00
377		5c Blue (179). Original gum, lightly hinged, perfectly centered with wide margins all around, incredibly rich color on bright white paper, sharp and detailed impression EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE CONTINENTAL 1875 5-CENT TAYLOR. AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT STAMP TO FIND IN SUCH EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE ORIGINAL-GUM CONDITION. The addition of a 5c value was made necessary by the creation of the General Post Union in 1874, which specified a rate of 5c between member countries, effective July 1, 1875. Of the two regular-issue 5c Taylor stamps -- Scott 179 (Continental) and Scott 185 (American) -- the former is much more difficult to obtain in this superb original-gum condition, because comparatively few multiples have ever been available to feed the demand for singles. With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)	475.00	5,250.00
378		5c Blue (179). Original gum, lightly hinged, beautiful intense shade and sharp impression, well-centered with extra wide top margin, Extremely Fine, with 1999 P.F. certificate (Image)	475.00	500.00
379		5c Blue, Cracked Plate (179 var). Rich color, vertical crack from top left thru "U" of "U.S.", unobscured by cancel, Fine, an outstanding and rare example of this plate crack (Image)	150.00	375.00

1870-88 Bank Note Issues (Scott 171 - 179):

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

374

7c Reddish Vermilion, Special Printing (171). Without gum as issued, vibrant color, extraordinarily well-centered with full perforations all around, bright and fresh paper

EXTREMELY FINE. APPROXIMATELY 50 OF THE 7-CENT CONTINENTAL SPECIAL PRINTING ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST, OF WHICH A HANDFUL EXIST IN THIS SUPERB CONDITION WITH INTACT PERFORATIONS.

Signed E. Stern (Image)

2,500.00

10,500.00

375

1c-6c American Bank Note Issues (178, 179, 182, 183, 185, 186). Well-centered with wide margins, bright colors, light neat cancels, a carefully-chosen group of Extremely Fine Gem stamps (Image)

62.00

220.00

376

2c Vermilion (178). Bottom plate no. and imprint block of 27 (9 x 3), original gum, heavy hinge reinforcing, rich color, top right stamp with tiny piece out and minor perf separations at top

VERY GOOD-FINE. ACCORDING TO THE CHAPIN CENSUS, THIS IS ONE OF FOUR KNOWN PLATE BLOCKS AND THE LARGEST KNOWN MULTIPLE OF THIS STAMP.

Ex Col. Green. Scott Retail as plate block of fourteen, one block of four, and nine singles (Image)

9,575.00

4,750.00

377

5c Blue (179). Original gum, lightly hinged, perfectly centered with wide margins all around, incredibly rich color on bright white paper, sharp and detailed impression

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE CONTINENTAL 1875 5-CENT TAYLOR. AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT STAMP TO FIND IN SUCH EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE ORIGINAL-GUM CONDITION.

The addition of a 5c value was made necessary by the creation of the General Post Union in 1874, which specified a rate of 5c between member countries, effective July 1, 1875. Of the two regular-issue 5c Taylor stamps -- Scott 179 (Continental) and Scott 185 (American) -- the former is much more difficult to obtain in this superb original-gum condition, because comparatively few multiples have ever been available to feed the demand for singles.

With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

475.00

5,250.00

378

5c Blue (179). Original gum, lightly hinged, beautiful intense shade and sharp impression, well-centered with extra wide top margin, Extremely Fine, with 1999 P.F. certificate (Image)

475.00

500.00

379

5c Blue, Cracked Plate (179 var). Rich color, vertical crack from top left thru "U" of "U.S.", unobscured by cancel, Fine, an outstanding and rare example of this plate crack (Image)

150.00

375.00