Census of 2c Dark Brown, Special Printing (Scott 168)
64 Census Records
168-UNC-01
Notes:
Provenance:
- 2/27/2002, Siegel Auction Galleries, Outstanding U.S. Stamps, Sale 843, Lot 1311, Realized $3,575
Certificates:
- PF 10203 (1958) Genuine
- PF 190349 (1988) Genuine without gum as issued
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168-UNC-02
168-UNC-02
Notes:
Provenance:
- 5/13/1971, Robert B. Greenes Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States and Possessions, Sale 395, Lot 154, Realized $900
- 3/1/2017, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1150, Lot 794, Realized $2,006
Certificates:
- PF 11145 (1959) Genuine
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168-UNC-03
168-UNC-03
Notes:
Provenance:
- 6/8/2022, Great Point Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Great Point Collection of United States Stamps, Sale 1256, Lot 2104, Realized $4,720
Certificates:
- PF 1543777 (1985) Genuine
- PF 420450 (2005) Genuine
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168-UNC-04
168-UNC-04
Notes:
Provenance:
- Kantor Collection
- Vineyard Collection
- 6/16/2007, Siegel Auction Galleries, Rarities of the World, Sale 937, Lot 153, Realized $26,450
Certificates:
- PF 2550 (1950) Genuine
- PF 24679 (1967) Genuine
- PF (2002)
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168-UNC-11
168-UNC-11
Notes:
Provenance:
- 9/16/2014, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1078, Lot 309, Realized $2,645
- 5/19/2021, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1235, Lot 1136, Realized $5,015
- 12/14/2021, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1247, Lot 297, Realized $3,982
Certificates:
- PF 111392 (1982) Genuine
- PF (2015)
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168-UNC-14
168-UNC-14
Notes:
Provenance:
- 12/13/2023, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1305, Lot 2401, Realized $2,596
Certificates:
- PF 126163 (1983) Genuine
- PF 600743 (2024) Genuine
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168-UNC-15
168-UNC-15
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Provenance:
Certificates:
- PF 20886 (1965) Genuine, slight thinning at top
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168-UNC-16
168-UNC-16
Notes:
Provenance:
- Lutwak Collection
- Zoellner Collection
- Minervino Collection
- 6/27/2017, Siegel Auction Galleries, Rarities of the World, Sale 1159, Lot 169, Realized $2,714
- 6/28/2022, Siegel Auction Galleries, Rarities of the World, Sale 1260, Lot 66, Realized $5,900
Certificates:
- Pf 35117 (1971) Genuine
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168-UNC-17
168-UNC-17
Notes:
Provenance:
- T. Charlton Henry Collection
- 4/27/2009, Laila Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The "Laila" Collection of United States Stamps, Sale 972, Lot 3169, Realized $6,612
Certificates:
- PF 48599 (1975) Genuine
- PF (2005)
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168-UNC-19
168-UNC-19
Notes:
Provenance:
- 4/11/2018, David Wingate Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The David Wingate Collection of United States Stamps, Sale 1180, Lot 223, Realized $2,596
- 12/14/2021, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1247, Lot 299, Realized $2,832
Certificates:
- PF 8464 (1957) Genuine
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168-UNC-29
168-UNC-29
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Provenance:
Certificates:
- PF 246081 (1991) Genuine, pinholes in all 4 corners, 2 light vertical creases, green ink mark at top right
- PF 302696 (1996) Genuine, referred at right, pinholes in 3 corners
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168-UNC-31
168-UNC-31
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Provenance:
Certificates:
- PF 1011 (1948) Genuine
- PF 238375 (1991) Genuine
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168-UNC-32
168-UNC-32
Notes:
Provenance:
Certificates:
- PF 61159 (1977) Genuine, no gum with 2 filled thin spots and tiny corner margin crease
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168-UNC-33
168-UNC-33
Notes:
Provenance:
- Humphrey Collection
- 12/14/2021, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1247, Lot 298, Realized $3,186
Certificates:
- PF 200259 (1988) Genuine
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168-UNC-36
168-UNC-36
Notes:
Provenance:
Certificates:
- PF 2422 (1950) Genuine
- PF 34561 (1970) Genuine, reperfed at right
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168-UNC-38
168-UNC-38
Notes:
Provenance:
- Engel Collection
- Cole Collection
- 12/10/2012, David W. Gorham Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The David W. Gorham Collection, Sale 1036, Lot 115, Realized $18,975
Certificates:
- APS 1053 (1942)
- PF 8996 (1958) Genuine
- PF 196348 (1988) Genuine
- PF 385486 (2002) Genuine
- PF 510030 (2013) Genuine, Graded 85
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168-UNC-40
168-UNC-40
Notes:
Provenance:
- 11/7/2013, Curtis Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Curtis Collection: 1847-1901 Issues, Sale 1057, Lot 751, Realized $7,762
Certificates:
- PF 225755 (1990) Genuine
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168-UNC-42
168-UNC-42
Notes:
Provenance:
- 11/9/2021, Arthur S. Przybyl Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Arthur S. Przybyl Collection of United States, Confederate States, and Hawaii, Sale 1244, Lot 258, Realized $3,540
Certificates:
- PF 219 (1946) Genuine
- Pf 9929 (1958) Genuine
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168-UNC-43
168-UNC-43
168-UNC-43
168-UNC-43
Original photo of the strip
Notes:
- Originally second stamp in strip of four
- The imprint strips have often been described as coming from the Earl of Crawford collection. This is incorrect, and we are guilty of perpetuating the myth. Because they were handled by Nassau Stamp Co. (John A. Klemann), many philatelic writers assumed the strips were part of the vast Earl of Crawford collection, which Nassau bought in 1915. However, around 1918, Nassau bought a group of 1875 Special Printings from the widow of Charles F. Steel, a National and Continental Bank Note Co. employee, who died in 1904. Both Elliott Perry and Philip H. Ward, Jr., documented the Steel provenance for the five known copies of the Franklin Carrier Reprint, Perf 12 on white paper, Scott LO4, as well as the Scott 167-177 strips of four and all of the imperforate 1875 Special Printing strips of five (Ward, Mekeel’s, October 26, 1951).
- Klemann sold some of the Steel singles and pairs to Col. Edward H. R. Green and Benjamin K. Miller. Ward apparently bought the strips of Scott 167-177 and kept them until his death in 1963. After the Weills bought the entire Ward inventory, they sold the strips to Benjamin D. Phillips in 1964 (documented in the Phillips inventory). The Weills bought the entire Phillips collection in 1968 for $4.07 million, and they divided the strips to sell to different collectors.
Provenance:
- Charles F. Steel Collection, as set of strips of four
- Nassau Stamp Company Collection, as set of strips of four, purchased around 1918 from Steel's widow
- Philip H. Ward Collection, as set of strips of four
- Weill Brothers Collection, purchase of Ward stock, as set of strips of four, purchased in approximately 1963
- Benjamin D. Phillips Collection, private purchase from Weill Brothers, as set of strips of four, purchased from the Weills in 1964
- Weill Brothers Collection, as set of strips of four, purchased from Benjamin Phillips in 1968
- 4/28/1981, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1981 Rarities of the World, Sale 579, Lot 209, Realized $79,750, as set of singles
Certificates:
- PF 257315 (1992) Genuine
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168-UNC-44
168-UNC-44
168-UNC-44
Sound
168-UNC-44
Sound
Original photo of the strip
Notes:
- Originally fourth stamp in strip of four
- The imprint strips have often been described as coming from the Earl of Crawford collection. This is incorrect, and we are guilty of perpetuating the myth. Because they were handled by Nassau Stamp Co. (John A. Klemann), many philatelic writers assumed the strips were part of the vast Earl of Crawford collection, which Nassau bought in 1915. However, around 1918, Nassau bought a group of 1875 Special Printings from the widow of Charles F. Steel, a National and Continental Bank Note Co. employee, who died in 1904. Both Elliott Perry and Philip H. Ward, Jr., documented the Steel provenance for the five known copies of the Franklin Carrier Reprint, Perf 12 on white paper, Scott LO4, as well as the Scott 167-177 strips of four and all of the imperforate 1875 Special Printing strips of five (Ward, Mekeel’s, October 26, 1951).
- Klemann sold some of the Steel singles and pairs to Col. Edward H. R. Green and Benjamin K. Miller. Ward apparently bought the strips of Scott 167-177 and kept them until his death in 1963. After the Weills bought the entire Ward inventory, they sold the strips to Benjamin D. Phillips in 1964 (documented in the Phillips inventory). The Weills bought the entire Phillips collection in 1968 for $4.07 million, and they divided the strips to sell to different collectors.
Provenance:
- Charles F. Steel Collection, as set of strips of four
- Nassau Stamp Company Collection, as set of strips of four, purchased around 1918 from Steel's widow
- Philip H. Ward Collection, as set of strips of four
- Weill Brothers Collection, purchase of Ward stock, as set of strips of four, purchased in approximately 1963
- Benjamin D. Phillips Collection, private purchase from Weill Brothers, as set of strips of four, purchased from the Weills in 1964
- Weill Brothers Collection, as set of strips of four, purchased from Benjamin Phillips in 1968
- 12/17/1985, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps and Covers, Sale 656, Lot 362, Realized $46,750, as set of singles
- 5/5/1993, Christie's, Important Stamps and Covers of the World, Lot 4036, as as set of singles
- 6/14/2024, William H. Gross Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The William H. Gross Collection of Complete United States Stamps, Sale 1323, Lot 47, Realized $11,210, as single
Certificates:
- Friedl 12803 (1980) Genuine
- PF 602347 (2024) Unused, no gum as issued, bottom part imprint selvage, Genuine with a tiny corner pert crease at top right
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168-UNC-46
168-UNC-46
Notes:
Provenance:
- 10/19/2020, Siegel Auction Galleries, Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins, Sale 1227, Lot 2796, Realized $4,130
Certificates:
- PF 5596 (1955) Genuine
- PF 250371 (1991) Genuine
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168-UNC-48
168-UNC-48
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Provenance:
Certificates:
- PF 3941 (1952) Genuine
- PF 213865 (1989) Genuine without gum as issued
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168-UNC-50
168-UNC-50
Notes:
Provenance:
- 10/28/2008, Perry Hansen Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Perry Hansen Collection of U.S. Stamps and Covers, Sale 963, Lot 781, Realized $5,750
Certificates:
- PF 250 (1946) Genuine
- PF (1969)
- PF 214591 (1989) Genuine
- PF (2008)
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168-UNC-51
168-UNC-51
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Provenance:
Certificates:
- PF 974 (1948) Genuine
- PF 157626 (1986) Genuine, small tear left and ding top right
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168-UNC-53
168-UNC-53
168-UNC-53
168-UNC-53
Original photo of the strip
Notes:
- Originally first stamp in strip of four
- The imprint strips have often been described as coming from the Earl of Crawford collection. This is incorrect, and we are guilty of perpetuating the myth. Because they were handled by Nassau Stamp Co. (John A. Klemann), many philatelic writers assumed the strips were part of the vast Earl of Crawford collection, which Nassau bought in 1915. However, around 1918, Nassau bought a group of 1875 Special Printings from the widow of Charles F. Steel, a National and Continental Bank Note Co. employee, who died in 1904. Both Elliott Perry and Philip H. Ward, Jr., documented the Steel provenance for the five known copies of the Franklin Carrier Reprint, Perf 12 on white paper, Scott LO4, as well as the Scott 167-177 strips of four and all of the imperforate 1875 Special Printing strips of five (Ward, Mekeel’s, October 26, 1951).
- Klemann sold some of the Steel singles and pairs to Col. Edward H. R. Green and Benjamin K. Miller. Ward apparently bought the strips of Scott 167-177 and kept them until his death in 1963. After the Weills bought the entire Ward inventory, they sold the strips to Benjamin D. Phillips in 1964 (documented in the Phillips inventory). The Weills bought the entire Phillips collection in 1968 for $4.07 million, and they divided the strips to sell to different collectors.
Provenance:
- Charles F. Steel Collection, as set of strips of four
- Nassau Stamp Company Collection, as set of strips of four, purchased around 1918 from Steel's widow
- Philip H. Ward Collection, as set of strips of four
- Weill Brothers Collection, private purchase of Ward stock, as set of strips of four, purchased in approximately 1963
- Benjamin D. Phillips Collection, private purchase from Weill Brothers, as set of strips of four, purchased from the Weills in 1964
- Weill Brothers Collection, as set of strips of four, purchased from Benjamin Phillips in 1968
- 3/31/1976, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1976 Rarities of the World, Sale 489, Lot 118, Realized $44,000, as set of singles
- 5/22/1986, James O. Hewitt Collection, Steve Ivy Auctions, AmeriPex 1986, Lot 296, as set of singles
- 11/25/1989, Marcy Chanin Collection, Steve Ivy Auctions, World Stamp Expo, Lot 4229, as set of singles
Certificates:
- PF 134815 (1984) Genuine
- PF 464185 Genuine, bottom margin single with part arrow
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168-UNC-54
168-UNC-54
168-UNC-54
168-UNC-54
Original photo of the strip
Notes:
- Originally third stamp in strip of four
- The imprint strips have often been described as coming from the Earl of Crawford collection. This is incorrect, and we are guilty of perpetuating the myth. Because they were handled by Nassau Stamp Co. (John A. Klemann), many philatelic writers assumed the strips were part of the vast Earl of Crawford collection, which Nassau bought in 1915. However, around 1918, Nassau bought a group of 1875 Special Printings from the widow of Charles F. Steel, a National and Continental Bank Note Co. employee, who died in 1904. Both Elliott Perry and Philip H. Ward, Jr., documented the Steel provenance for the five known copies of the Franklin Carrier Reprint, Perf 12 on white paper, Scott LO4, as well as the Scott 167-177 strips of four and all of the imperforate 1875 Special Printing strips of five (Ward, Mekeel’s, October 26, 1951).
- Klemann sold some of the Steel singles and pairs to Col. Edward H. R. Green and Benjamin K. Miller. Ward apparently bought the strips of Scott 167-177 and kept them until his death in 1963. After the Weills bought the entire Ward inventory, they sold the strips to Benjamin D. Phillips in 1964 (documented in the Phillips inventory). The Weills bought the entire Phillips collection in 1968 for $4.07 million, and they divided the strips to sell to different collectors.
Provenance:
- Charles F. Steel Collection, as set of strips of four
- Nassau Stamp Company Collection, as set of strips of four, purchased around 1918 from Steel's widow
- Philip H. Ward Collection, as set of strips of four
- Weill Brothers Collection, purchase of Ward stock, as set of strips of four, purchased in approximately 1963
- Weill Brothers Collection, as set of strips of four, purchased from Benjamin Phillips in 1968
- Benjamin D. Phillips Collection, private purchase from Weill Brothers, as set of strips of four, purchased from the Weills in 1964
- Hinrichs Collection
- 1/25/1983, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Bank Note Issues 1870-88, Sale 612, Lot 817, Realized $66,000, as set of singles
- 5/19/1994, Concord Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1994 Rarities - The Concord Collection, Sale 759, Lot 182, as set of singles
- 4/14/2009, Alan B. Whitman Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Alan B. Whitman Collection Part Two 1870-1901 Issues, Sale 968A, Lot 203, Realized $17,250, as single
Certificates:
- PF (2004)
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168-UNC-56
168-UNC-56
Notes:
Provenance:
- 4/6/2010, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 984, Lot 492, Realized $5,750
- 2/19/2015, Siegel Auction Galleries, Outstanding United States Stamps, Sale 1092, Lot 1133, Realized $4,312
Certificates:
- PF 474149 (2009) Genuine
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168-UNC-57
168-UNC-57
Notes:
Provenance:
- Chapin Collection
- 4/28/2015, Robert R. Hall Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Robert R. Hall Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps, Sale 1096, Lot 313, Realized $13,225
Certificates:
- PF 4796 (1954)
- PSE 1994
- PF 400005 (2003) Genuine
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168-UNC-58
168-UNC-58
Notes:
Provenance:
- 7/25/2018, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1187, Lot 266, Realized $3,186
Certificates:
- PF 19566 (1964)
- PSE (1993)
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168-UNC-59
168-UNC-59
Notes:
Provenance:
- 7/25/2018, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1187, Lot 265, Realized $3,835
- 10/19/2020, Siegel Auction Galleries, Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins, Sale 1227, Lot 2795, Realized $3,540
Certificates:
- PSE (2002)
- PF (2007)
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168-UNC-60
168-UNC-60
Notes:
Provenance:
- 5/27/2020, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1221, Lot 1318, Realized $4,130
Certificates:
- PF (2018)
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168-UNC-61
168-UNC-61
Notes:
Provenance:
- 4/29/2021, Gary Petersen Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Gary Petersen Collection of Important United States Stamps, Sale 1234, Lot 178, Realized $5,605
Certificates:
- PSE (2004)
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168-UNC-62
168-UNC-62
Notes:
Provenance:
- 7/15/2005, Lewis Collection, Shreves Philatelic Galleries, The William Lee Lewis Collection of Premium Quality United States Postage Stamps, Sale 70, Lot 1124
Certificates:
- APS 27475 (1976) Genuine
- PF 428665 (2005) Genuine
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168-UNC-63
168-UNC-63
Notes:
Provenance:
- 10/31/2023, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1297, Lot 316, Realized $2,478
Certificates:
- PF 597065 (2023) Genuine
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168-UNC-64
168-UNC-64
Notes:
Provenance:
- 10/31/2023, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1297, Lot 317, Realized $2,242
Certificates:
- PF 558595 (2019) Genuine with a few shorter perfs at right.
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168-UNC-65
168-UNC-65
Notes:
- Stolen from New York Public Library and still missing. Has a dot in top left margin. Offered in Gerber February 1979 and Gerber May 1980 sales.
Provenance:
- Benjamin K. Miller Collection, New York Public Library
Certificates:
- PF 75597 (1979) Genuine, reperfed at left