1873 Continental Bank Note Company

These stamps have a secret mark, which distinguishes them from those of the National Bank Company.
 Click here to refer our guide to the secret marks.



1c - Ultramarine, pale ultramarine, gray blue or blue
780,000,000 - White wove paper, thin to thick
Scott #156 - 1873

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Fall 2003
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$75-$120
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Spring 2004
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$25-$35
<$1
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Fall 2004
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$20-$45
$1-$2
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Spring 2005
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$30-$40
$1-$2
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Fall 2005
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$40-$45
$1-$7
$1,350
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Spring 2006
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$50
$1-$50
$475
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$400-$800
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Fall 2006
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$22
$1-$3
$3,250
90
$1,150
95
Spring 2007
$60
$18-$50
$1
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$700
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Fall 2007
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$35
$1
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Spring 2008
$110
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$1-$5
$450
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$350
85
Fall 2008
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$20
$1-$2
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Spring 2009
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$16-$30
$1-$2
$250
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$23-$25
$1-$4
$375
80
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Fall 2009
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$20-$30
$1-$3
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Spring 2010
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$25-$50
$1-$6
$1,800
90
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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Fall 2011
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Spring 2012
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2c - Brown, yellow brown, dark brown or dark reddish brown
112,000,000 - White wove paper, thin to thick
Scott #157 - 1873

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Fall 2003
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$200-$425
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Spring 2004
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$3-$5
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Fall 2004
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$3-$6
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$525
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Spring 2005
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$4-$7
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$1,300
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Fall 2005
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$3-$4
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$3,000
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Spring 2006
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$2-$7
$1,700
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$325-$850
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Fall 2006
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$65
$2-$6
$2,200
90
$625-$750
90
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$1,000
90J
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Spring 2007
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$1-$2
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Fall 2007
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$120
$1-$2
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Spring 2008
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$1-$6
$1,250
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$105
90
Fall 2008
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$1-$6
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Spring 2009
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$125
$1-$4
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$500
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Fall 2009
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$60
$1-$7
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$700
90
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$600
90J
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$1,100
95
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Spring 2010
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$1-$7
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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Fall 2011
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Spring 2012
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3c - Green, bluish green, dark green, dark yellow green or yellow green
2,600,000,000 - White wove paper, thin to thick
Scott #158 - 1873

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Fall 2003
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$500
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Spring 2004
$30-$40
$15-$20
$1
$600
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Fall 2004
$35-$45
$20-$35
$1
$1,000
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Spring 2005
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$15-$20
$1
$400
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Fall 2005
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$15-$25
$1
$750
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Spring 2006
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$15-$20
$1
$2,600
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$325
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Fall 2006
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$19-$30
$1
$450
90
$725
95
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Spring 2007
$130
$35
$1
$350
80
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Fall 2007
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$20-$40
$1-$2
$4,500
98
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Spring 2008
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$8-$18
$1
$1,000
90
$140
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$130
95
Fall 2008
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$20-$50
$1
$700
85
$260
90
$200
95
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$2,100
98J
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Spring 2009
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$10-$25
$1
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$1,500
95
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$3,000
98J
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Fall 2009
$45-$55
$19-$25
$1
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$400
85
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$1,250
98J
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Spring 2010
$95
$12-$40
$1-$3
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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Fall 2011
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Spring 2012
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3c - Green, bluish green, dark green, dark yellow green or yellow green
White wove paper, thin to thick. With grill (J grill)
Scott #158e - 1873

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2006
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$200
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$575
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Fall 2006
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Spring 2007
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Fall 2007
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Spring 2008
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Fall 2008
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$550
75
Spring 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
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$50
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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Fall 2011
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Spring 2012
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Showing end roller grill variety.


3c - Green
White wove paper, thin to thick
Printed both sides
Scott #158k - 1873

6c - Dull pink or brown rose
47,000,000 - White wove paper, thin to thick
Scott #159 - 1873

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Fall 2003
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$625-$850
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Spring 2004
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$4-$10
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Fall 2004
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$3-$11
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$350
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Spring 2005
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$550
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Fall 2005
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$340
$4-$9
$1,600
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Spring 2006
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$3-$11
$475-$1,250
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$1,450-$2,100
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Fall 2006
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$90-$100
$2-$7
$1,050
90
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$3,500
95
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$9,500
98
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Spring 2007
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$65-$90
$1-$11
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$550
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Fall 2007
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$70-$450
$1-$10
$11,000
95
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Spring 2008
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$150
$1-$10
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$1,400
90
Fall 2008
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$1-$6
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$575
85
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$625-$900
90
Spring 2009
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$35
$1-$7
$250
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$650
90
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$475
90
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Fall 2009
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$2-$12
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$500
95
Spring 2010
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$45

$2-$6
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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Fall 2011
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Spring 2012
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6c - Dull pink
White wove paper, thin to thick
WITH GRILL
Scott #159b - 1873

7c - Vermilion or orange vermilion
2,500,000 - White wove paper, thin to thick
Scott #160 - 1873

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2004
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$15-$25
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Fall 2004
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$20-$30
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$4,500
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Spring 2005
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$4,500
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Fall 2005
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$15-$20
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$5,250
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Spring 2006
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$8-$16
$3,500
$800-$2,500
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Fall 2006
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$375
$10-$40
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$2,000
85
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$2,600
90
Spring 2007
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$375-$455
$12-$30
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Fall 2007
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$10-$40
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Spring 2008
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$17-$30
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Fall 2008
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$11-$20
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$1,000
80
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$950
85
Spring 2009
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$10-$13
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Fall 2009
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$15-$25
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$850-$1,000
95
Spring 2010
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$7-$45
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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Fall 2011
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Spring 2012
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7c - Vermilion or orange vermilion
White wove paper, thin to thick
with grill
Scott #160a - 1873

10c - Brown, yellow brown or dark brown
30,000,000 - White wove paper, thin to thick
Scott #161 - 1873

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Fall 2003
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$900-$1,300
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Spring 2004
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$4-$9
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Fall 2004
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$3-$5
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$1,700
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Spring 2005
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$1,000
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Fall 2005
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$3-$6
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$3,500
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Spring 2006
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$4-$25
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$2,300
$2,700
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Fall 2006
$200
$1-$36
-
$14,500
$3,500
90
$500
90J
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$5,500
95
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Spring 2007
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$2-$11
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$650
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Fall 2007
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$2-$15
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Spring 2008
$225
$4-$12
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$3,250
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Fall 2008
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$2-$9
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$2,100-$2,300
90
$260
95
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$4,000
95
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$200
90J
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$10,500
98
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Spring 2009
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$2-$7
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$1,200-$2,000
90
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Fall 2009
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$2-$22
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$3,000
95
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Spring 2010
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$2-$8
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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Fall 2011
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Spring 2012
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12c - Blackish violet
2,900,000 - White wove paper, thin to thick
Scott #162 - 1873

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Fall 2003
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$575-$4,750
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Spring 2004
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$30-$50
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Fall 2004
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$10-$45
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$2.400
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Spring 2005
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$2,300
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Fall 2005
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$475
$10-$50
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-
-
Spring 2006
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$270
$18-$60
-
$6,000-$7,250
-
Fall 2006
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$380-$1,300
$8-$35
$1,700
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Spring 2007
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$15-$40
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Fall 2007
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$14-$35
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Spring 2008
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$15-$45
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Fall 2008
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$12-$30
-
$400
90J
Spring 2009
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$200
$11-$40
$7,500
-
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Fall 2009
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$390
$13-$30
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Spring 2010
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$190
$8-$30
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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Fall 2011
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Spring 2012
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15c - Yellow orange, pale orange or reddish orange
5,500,000 - White wove paper, thin to thick
Scott #163 - 1873

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2003
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Fall 2003
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$1,750-$2,000
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Spring 2004
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$5-$15
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Fall 2004
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$6-$13
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$3,500
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Spring 2005
-
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-
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-
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Fall 2005
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$8-$15
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Spring 2006
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$18-$40
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$625-$3,750
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Fall 2006
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$7-$40
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$6,875
90
Spring 2007
$405-$660
$6-$20
-
$12,000
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Fall 2007
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$8-$50
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$12,000
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Spring 2008
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$11-$27
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Fall 2008
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$12-$40
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Spring 2009
$255
$11-$30
-
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$1,200
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Fall 2009
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$13-$30
-
-
$5,000
90
-
$100
95
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-
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Spring 2010
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$10-$20
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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Fall 2011
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Spring 2012
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15c - Yellow orange
Vertical Ribbed Paper variety
Scott #163 var. - 1873

24c - Purple
White wove paper, thin to thick
Scott #164 - 1873
Only one known copy (see Siegels Article)
Auction: $200,000-$300,000

30c - Gray black or greenish black
2,000,000 - White wove paper, thin to thick
Scott #165 - 1873

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Fall 2003
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Spring 2004
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$16-$35
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$1,900-$2,100
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Fall 2004
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$13-$30
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$2,300-$2,800
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Spring 2005
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$3,000
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Fall 2005
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$15-$20
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-
-
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-
Spring 2006
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$13-$40
-
$525-$11,500
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-
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Fall 2006
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$15-$26
$9,500
$950
-
$850
95
Spring 2007
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$12-$22
-
-
-
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Fall 2007
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$12-$30
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$5,750
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-
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Spring 2008
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$16-$40
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$9,000
-
-
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Fall 2008
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$10-$26
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-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
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$10-$22
-
$2,200
-
$190
90
-
-
-
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$625
95
Fall 2009
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$6-$13
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Spring 2010
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$9-$40
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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Fall 2011
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Spring 2012
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90c - Rose Carmine
200,000 - White wove paper, thin to thick
Scott #166 - 1873

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Fall 2003
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$900-$4,750
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Spring 2004
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55-$70
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Fall 2004
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$50-$70
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$1,300
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-
-
Spring 2005
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2005
$900
$45-$70
-
$2,750
98J
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-
Spring 2006
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$42-$80
-
$3,750-$6,750
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-
-
Fall 2006
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$35-$125
-
$3,000-$3,750
90
-
-
Spring 2007
$355
$40-$90
-
$300
85
-
-
Fall 2007
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$30-$40
$20,000
-
-
-
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Spring 2008
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$50-$70
-
-
-
-
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Fall 2008
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$30-$95
-
$2,300
80
$240
85
-
-
-
$2,500
85
-
-
-
-
-
$11,000
98J
-
-
Spring 2009
-
$35-$60
-
$2,400
90
$375
90
Fall 2009
-
$30-$60
-
$2,000
85
$1,100
95
Spring 2010
-
$27-$105
-
-
-
-
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Fall 2010
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-
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Spring 2011
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Fall 2011
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Spring 2012
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