Colony of Connecticut. May 10, 1775. Two Shillings & Six Pence. No.3546. Signed by Williams, Hamlin, and Seymour. Printed on thick laid paper. Standard size, designs and imprint as prior series. Extremely Fine, slash cancel from bottom. Paper strips on back; Ten Shillings. No.2649. Signed by Pitkin, Hamlin, and Seymour. Extremely Fine. Sharp crease and toned; Twenty Shillings. No.2765. Signed by Pitkin, Williams, and Seymour. Extremely Fine. Toned. Corner tip mounted on Boyd pencil coded card; Forty Shillings. No.12315. Signed by Pitkin, Seymour, and Williams. Very Fine or better. Creased, with handling. Back corner tip dismounting stains. An excellent quartet with the last three notes not cancelled. Scarcer in high grades than later issue dates. 4 pieces.
The individual print figures for this issue are not published in Newman's fourth edition. Notes are priced up to Very Fine condition (and in ''cancelled'' form) with a premium given to the three lowest denominations.
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