Sale 1376 — The Monterey Collection of Superb United States 19th and 20th Century Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 22 April, 2026
Category — 1870-75 Continental Bank Note Company Issues (Scott 157-179)
90c Rose Carmine (166). Original gum, lightly hinged, brilliant color on crisp paper, perfectly centered with wide and balanced margins
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT 1873 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY ISSUE, SCOTT 166, GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. A TRUE CONDITION RARITY AND ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES EXTANT.
The Superb 98 grade becomes exponentially more difficult to achieve as one moves away from the modern issues toward the perforated classics. In particular, the Bank Note Issue high values rarely possess the wide "boxed" margins and precise centering that define the Superb 98 grade.
Ex "Scarsdale". 2002 P.F. certificate no longer accompanies. With 2012 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, Superb 98). Only one grades higher (at 98J) and one other share this grade.
