2007 Rarities of the World continued...

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. ONE OF THE FINEST OF THE 18 RECORDED COPIES OF THE 5-CENT 1880 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SOFT-PAPER SPECIAL PRINTING. THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD EXAMPLE WE HAVE OFFERED IN MORE THAN FIFTEEN YEARS.

Our census of Scott 204, published in our Zoellner catalogue and updated at our website at http://www.sieg elauctions.com/enc/census/204/204.htm records only 18 copies of this stamp, including one example in the Miller collection at The New York Public Library. It is the second most elusive of the Bank Note Special Printings. The last example we offered at auction was in our 1998 Zoellner sale.

Census No. 204-UNC-17. Ex Lyons. Signed Stern and with Colson backstamp. With 1994 and 2006 P.F. certificates (XF 90) (Image)