Lot 3260
 
Newspaper, 1875, 5¢-25¢ Continental Bank Note Co. special printing imperforate, complete in full sheets of ten (PR5-PR7 var.), unique set printed by the Continental Bank Note Co. on new plates prepared around 1876, beautiful fresh colors on hard white paper, without the embossing present on stamps printed from the 1865 plates, 5¢ sheet with a small selvage tear. Extremely Fine and rare and of outstanding quality.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
Provenance: Fisher
The 10¢ and the 25¢ values have white margins all around the design, unlike those stamps printed by National Bank Note Co. in 1865, which indicates that new plates were used. Unlisted but footnoted in Scott and written about by Luff and Braceland. Braceland suggests that the Continental Bank Note Co., due to the popularity of the 1875 reprints, which had been made from the original National Bank Note Co. plates, made new plates in anticipation of retaining its government printing contract.
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| Realized $19,000 |
