The Vineyard Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps and Plate Blocks continued...

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A RARE SOUND AND CENTERED EXAMPLE OF THE 84-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL NEWSPAPER SPECIAL PRINTING.

Only 164 sold. With 1997 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 96-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL NEWSPAPER SPECIAL PRINTING, OF WHICH A MERE 141 WERE SOLD.

In all of the outstanding Newspapers and Periodicals collections we have sold since 1997, we have only offered two other copies of this rarity, including one in Very Good condition. None was offered in the Floyd sale, and the Lyons copy had a light crease. This, the Lessin copy and the Silver Lake copy are the only sound examples we have been able to locate in any major recent sales.

With 1993 P.S.E. and 1999 P.F. certificates. (Image)

AN EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 96-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL NEWSPAPER SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY 41 WERE SOLD.

In all of the outstanding Newspaper and Periodicals collections we have sold since 1997, none had an example of this issue. None was offered in either the Floyd or Lessin sales, and the Lyons copy was not centered as well as this copy. This and the example we offered in Sale 872, with a straight-edge at bottom and a pulled perf, are the only copies of this issue that we have been able to locate in any major recent sales.

With 1988 and 2002 P.F. certificates (Image)