Sale 905 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Monday, 12 December, 2005
Category — Official Specimens and Sepcimens
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3306
S
1c-30c Agriculture, Specimen Ovpt. (O1S-O9S). Without gum as issued, vibrant colors, few with small thin spots or perf flaws, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, scarce complete set
1,795
850
3307
S
1c-30c Agriculture, Specimen Ovpt. (O1S-O9S). Without gum as issued, bright colors, few small perf flaws as usual, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, scarce complete set
1,795
1,050
Back to Top3308
S
1c-30c Agriculture, Specimen Ovpt. (O1S-O9S). Without gum as issued, rich colors, few usual perf flaws, otherwise Fine-Very Fine
1,795
1,000
Back to Top3309
S
6c Agriculture, Specimen Ovpt. (O4S). Without gum as issued, exceptionally wide margins and almost perfectly centered, Extremely Fine
250
450
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S
10c Agriculture, Specimen Ovpt. (O5S). Without gum as issued, beautiful margins and perfectly centered, fresh color, Extremely Fine
250
625
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S
12c Agriculture, Specimen Ovpt. (O6S). Without gum as issued, strong color, Fine
250
280
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3313
S
24c Agriculture, Specimen Ovpt. (O8S). Without gum as issued, well-centered, fresh, Very Fine and choice
250
0
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S
30c Agriculture, Specimen Ovpt. (O9S). Without gum as issued, fresh, single short perf, otherwise Fine
250
240
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S
3c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O17S). Without gum as issued, wonderfully fresh, Very Fine and attractive, only 88 issued
975
1,700
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S
6c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O18S). Without gum as issued, fresh and bright, Very Fine, pretty example, only 83 issued
975
2,300
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S
10c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O19S). Without gum as issued, fresh, intense color, Fine, only 82 issued
975
1,900
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S
12c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O20S). Without gum as issued, remarkably fresh with deep rich color, Very Fine, only 75 issued
975
2,500
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S
12c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O20S). Without gum as issued, small thin and slight stain, reperfed at right, otherwise Fine, only 75 issued
975
675
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S
15c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O21S). Without gum as issued, minor adherence and slight oxidation, otherwise Fine, only 78 issued
975
800
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S
15c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O21S). Without gum as issued, interesting variety with diagonal line through period after "DEPT", choice margins and strong color, Fine, only 78 issued, nice item for the specialist, with 1984 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail is for normal stamp
975
2,400
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S
24c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O22S). Without gum as issued, unusually wide margins and well-centered, fresh, deep rich color, Very Fine and choice, only 77 issued
975
0
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S
24c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O22S). Without gum as issued, s.e. at bottom, Very Fine, only 77 issued
975
750
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S
30c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O23S). Without gum as issued, fresh, choice margins, Very Fine and attractive, only 75 issued
975
1,700
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S
90c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O24S). Without gum as issued, fresh, choice margins, Fine and handsome, only 77 issued
975
1,700
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S
90c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O24S). Without gum as issued, scissors separated slightly blunting perfs at right, incredibly well-centered, deep rich color, Extremely Fine
975
1,700
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S
1c-90c Justice, Specimen Ovpt. (O25S-O34S). Without gum as issued, rich colors, perfs scissors-separated causing few s.e. or short, appear Fine-Very Fine, only 150 sets produced
5,145
4,000
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S
2c Justice, Specimen Ovpt. (O26S). Without gum as issued, fresh and Extremely Fine
45
150
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S
3c Justice, Specimen Ovpt. (O27S). Without gum as issued, fresh and Fine, only 178 issued
625
600
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S
6c Justice, Specimen Ovpt. (O28S). Without gum as issued, Fine, only 163 issued
625
750
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S
10c Justice, Specimen Ovpt. (O29S). Without gum as issued, nicely centered, trivial slightly blunted perf at right, otherwise Very Fine, only 163 issued
625
750
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S
12c Justice, Specimen Ovpt. (O30S). Without gum as issued, fresh color, scissors separated slightly blunting few perfs, small light surface rub, otherwise Very Fine and choice, only 154 issued
625
450
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S
24c Justice, Specimen Ovpt. (O32S). Without gum as issued, wonderfully fresh, deep color, two short perfs a top right, otherwise Very Fine, only 150 issued, with 1990 P.F. certificate
650
400
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S
90c Justice, Specimen Ovpt. (O34S). Without gum as issued, fresh and crisp, scissors separated partially blunting some perfs at bottom right, Fine, only 152 issued
650
525
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P
1c-30c Navy, Plate Proofs on Card, "Specimen" Handstamp Ovpts. in Blue (O35P4-O44P4 vars). Complete set less the 90c value, large to huge margins, 3c, 12c and 24c inverted overprints, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, little is known about these although two sets are believed to exist
E. 500-750
1,350
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S
3c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O37S). Without gum as issued, fresh, top perfs trimmed off, otherwise Fine, only 126 issued
700
500
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S
7c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O39S). Without gum as issued, nicely centered and attractive margins, tiny margin nick at top right, otherwise Very Fine
325
220
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S
10c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O40S). Without gum as issued, fresh and Very Fine, only 122 issued
800
1,200
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S
15c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O42S). Without gum as issued, scissors separated at sides, very lightly toned at top (really trivial), otherwise Extremely Fine, only 107 issued, with 1988 P.F. certificate
700
1,300
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S
90c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O45S). Without gum as issued, fresh and beautifully centered, couple nibbed perfs and minor toned spot at bottom left, otherwise Extremely Fine, only 102 issued
700
1,300
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S
3c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O49S). Without gum as issued, scissors separated, perfs intact, Fine, only 91 issued, with 1990 P.F. certificate
900
1,200
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S
6c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O50S). Without gum as issued, scissors separated, slightly blunt at left, thin spot, Very Fine appearance, only 87 issued
875
450
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S
6c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O50S). Without gum as issued, exceptionally well-centered, scissors separated blunting a few perfs at bottom left, Extremely Fine, only 87 issued
875
1,900
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S
10c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O51S). Without gum as issued, choice margins and well-centered, top perfs slightly blunted from scissors separation, Extremely Fine, only 177 issued
550
625
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S
10c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O51S). Without gum as issued, scissors separated slightly blunting some perfs, Fine, only 177 issued
550
625
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S
12c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O52S). Without gum as issued, wide margins, fresh and Fine, only 93 issued
800
1,300
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S
15c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O53S). Without gum as issued, scissors separated, perfs fully intact, Fine, only 82 issued
925
1,800
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S
24c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O54S). Without gum as issued, wonderfully fresh, scissors separated, perfs intact, Fine, only 84 issued
850
2,000
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S
30c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O55S). Without gum as issued, fresh, couple trivial blunted perfs as a result of scissors separation, Fine, only 81 issued, with 1990 P.F. certificate
850
800
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S
90c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O56S). Without gum as issued, fresh, well-centered, for some reason "gum" has been added, light diagonal crease and tiny corner perf crease, Extremely Fine appearance
850
800
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S
1c-15c State, Specimen Ovpt. (O57S-O64S, O57Sb, O57xS). Without gum as issued, 1c-15c complete plus 1c on horizontally ribbed paper and the soft paper issue, a few scissors separated, only the 7c is trimmed, 6c couple short perfs, virtually all Fine-Very Fine
2,855
1,500
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S
1c-90c State, Specimen Ovpt. (O57S-O67S). Without gum as issued, rich colors, 3c slight toning, few small perf flaws or reperfed, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, only 245 sets were produced
2,675
1,500
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1c State, Soft Porous, Specimen Ovpt. (O57S). Block of four with selvage at left, without gum as issued, pretty pastel colorVERY FINE AND CHOICE. A SCARCE BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE ONE-CENT STATE DEPARTMENT SPECIMEN OVERPRINT ON SOFT POROUS PAPER.
Scott Catalogue assigns a premium of $700.00 for a block of four versus four singles
1,800
2,400
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S
2c State, Specimen Ovpt. (O58S). Without gum as issued, unusually wide margins and exceptionally well-centered, fresh, Extremely Fine, surprisingly difficult to find this nice
45
0
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S
6c State, Specimen Ovpt. (O60Sa). Without gum as issued, choice margins and well-centered, Very Fine
175
475
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S
7c-90c State, Specimen Ovpt. (O61S, O63S-O67S). Without gum as issued, 30c small thin spot, couple others tiny perf flaws, otherwise Very Good-Fine
1,590
700
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S
10c State, Specimen Ovpt. (O62Sa). Without gum as issued, couple short perfs, otherwise Very Fine
375
150
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S
12c State, Specimen Ovpt. (O63S). Without gum as issued, wonderfully fresh, handsome margins and centering, Very Fine and choice
375
1,100
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S
15c State, Specimen Ovpt. (O64S). Without gum as issued, fresh, scissors separated, perfs essentially intact, Very Fine
375
525
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S
24c State, Specimen Ovpt. (O65S). Without gum as issued, fresh, wonderfully choice margins and centering, scissors separated, perfs essentially completely intact, Extremely Fine
375
0
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3362
S
90c State, Specimen Ovpt. (O67S). Without gum as issued, intense color, Fine
375
325
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S
$2.00 State, Specimen Ovpt. (O68S). Without gum as issued, wonderfully fresh and crisp with wide marginsFINE. A VERY DESIRABLE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE $20.00 STATE SPECIMEN.
Although the Scott Specialized states that 32 $2.00 State "Specimen" stamps were issued, the description for the Markovits example states "only about twenty are recorded", presumably based on Markovits's original research.
With 1983 P.F. certificate
12,500
15,000
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S
$5.00 State, Specimen Ovpt. (O69S). Without gum as issued, Position 2, fresh and with strong colors, minor thin spotFINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE OFFICIAL "SPECIMEN" STAMP.
Although the Scott Specialized states that 12 $5.00 State "Specimen" stamps were issued, the description for the Markovits example states that eight are recorded, presumably based on Markovits's original research.
Ex Markovits
20,000
16,500
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S
$5.00 State, Specimen Ovpt. (O69S). Without gum as issued, exceptionally fresh, tiny thin spot at bottom which may be naturally occurringVERY GOOD APPEARANCE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS GREAT RARITY.
With 1983 P.F. certificate
20,000
15,500
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S
$10.00 State, Specimen Ovpt. (O70S). Without gum as issued, fresh and bright, two small thin spots (one very trivial) and a single short perf at rightFINE APPEARANCE. SECOND ONLY TO THE $20.00 VALUE IN RARITY AND A MAJOR KEY TO COMPLETION OF OFFICIAL "SPECIMEN" OVERPRINTS.
Although the Scott Specialized states that eight $2.00 State "Specimen" stamps were issued, the description for the Markovits example states that five are recorded, presumably based on Markovits's original research.
With 1983 P.F. certificate
42,500
40,000
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S
1c-90c Treasury, Specimen Ovpt. (O72S-O82S). Without gum as issued, 3c with part captured imprint at top, rich colors, adherences on back of most, few short perfs, Fine-Very Fine appearance, scarce set, only 72 were produced
7,115
4,750
Back to Top3368
P
1c-90c Treasury, Plate Proofs on Card, Diagonal Blue Handstamp "Specimen" Overprints (O72P4 var-O82P4 var). Complete set, also includes a single 15c with a taller and longer similar handstamp, virtually all large to huge margins, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, only two sets believed to exist, ex Markovits
E. 750-1,000
2,300
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S
6c Treasury, Specimen Ovpt. (O75S). Without gum as issued, Very Fine, only 85 issued
850
0
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S
7c Treasury, Specimen Ovpt. (O76S). Without gum as issued, fresh and Very Fine, only 198 issued
550
1,050
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S
10c Treasury, Specimen Ovpt. (O77S). Without gum as issued, nicely centered with extra wide top margin, tiny surface scuff at extreme left, otherwise Very Fine, only 82 issued
900
1,000
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S
12c Treasury, Specimen Ovpt. (O78S). Without gum as issued, wide margins, fresh and Fine, only 75 issued
925
1,600
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S
15c Treasury, Specimen Ovpt. (O79S). Without gum as issued, fresh and Fine, only 75 issued
925
1,600
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S
15c Treasury, Specimen Ovpt. (O79S). Without gum as issued, choice wide margins and exceptionally well-centered, small thin spot, Extremely Fine appearance, only 75 issued
925
600
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S
24c Treasury, Specimen Ovpt. (O80S). Without gum as issued, fresh, intense color, Fine, only 99 issued
800
1,000
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S
30c Treasury, Specimen Ovpt. (O81S). Without gum as issued, fresh, couple trivial nibbed perfs, otherwise Fine, only 74 issued
1,000
2,000
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P
1c-90c War, Plate Proofs on Card, Diagonal Blue Handstamp "Specimen" Ovpts (O83P4 var-O93P4 var). Complete set, 3c with inverted handstamp, virtually all large to huge margins, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, only two sets believed to exist, ex Markovits
E. 750-1,000
2,100
Back to Top3378
S
1c-90c War, Specimen Ovpt. (O83S-O93S). Without gum as issued, bright colors, 1. s.e. at left, few minor flaws, appear Fine-Very Fine, scarce complete set, only 104 were produced
6,045
3,500
Back to Top3379
S
1c-90c War, Specimen Ovpt. (O83S). Without gum as issued, some perf flaws or off-center, generally Fine lot, the 12c-90c with issue quantities of 105 or 106 each
3,345
800
Back to Top3380
S
1c War, Specimen Ovpt. (O83S). Block of fifteen, without gum as issued, brilliant color, choice centering, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, attractive multiple, Scott Retail as two blocks of four and singles
775
3,750
Back to Top3381
S
3c War, Specimen Ovpt. (O85S). Without gum as issued, fresh and Fine, only 118 issued
650
1,200
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S
6c War, Specimen Ovpt. (O86S). Without gum as issued, wide margins, strong color, Fine, only 111 issued
650
1,200
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3384
S
10c War, Specimen Ovpt. (O88S). Without gum as issued, beautifully centered, Extremely Fine, only 119 issued
625
1,600
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S
24c War, Specimen Ovpt. (O91S). Without gum as issued, choice wide margins, couple short perfs, otherwise Fine, only 106 issued
775
675
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S
30c War, Specimen Ovpt. (O92S). Without gum as issued, beautifully centered, Extremely Fine, only 104 issued
775
0
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S
1c-90c Official Specimen Ovpts (O1S/O93S). Without gum as issued, a complete collection of all the 1c-90c values plus the three listed soft papers, 91 items in all, fresh colors throughout, a very few with s.e. or slightly clipped perfs from scissors separation, some occasional minor flaws as would be expected, virtually all Fine-Very Fine, an excellent opportunity to acquire a highly valuable and attractive collection of these popular Special Printings, which needs only the four dollar-value State stamps for completion
45,297
37,500
Back to Top3388
S
1c-30c Specimen Ovpts. (O1S/O84S). Small balance of collection, 48 stamps, without gum as issued, about 30 different, includes a few ribbed papers, 1c Executive and Navy (2) soft papers, higher values such as3c and 6c Agriculture, 10c Interior, 15c and 30c Justice and 24c Navy, also includes 12c Post Office card plate proof with blue diagonal handstamp "Specimen" overprint (inverted), slightly mixed condition, majority Fine-Very Fine
E. 1,500-2,000
2,300
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S
1c Agriculture, "Sepcimen" Error (O1Sa). Without gum as issued, some soiling and slight margin flaws, otherwise Fine, about 20 known
1,500
850
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S
1c Agriculture, Specimen Ovpt., Dotted "i" in "Specimen" (O1Sb). Without gum as issued, fresh, light crease, otherwise Fine
450
210
Back to Top3391
S
2c Agriculture, "Sepcimen" Error (O2Sa). Without gum as issued, centered almost identically to the Markovits example with wide margin at left, small tear, single trivial nibbed perf and centered ever so slightly in at bottom, rare, it is believed there may only be slightly more than eight known, with 1988 P.F. certificate
2,750
1,600
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S
3c Agriculture, "Sepcimen" Error (O3Sa). Without gum as issued, scissors separated top and left but perfs largely intact, fresh and brightFINE. AN IMPORTANT OFFICIAL SPECIMEN RARITY WITH ONLY TWO KNOWN.
Ex Sheriff, Markovits
7,500
6,500
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S
15c Agriculture, "Sepcimen" Error (O7Sa). Without gum as issued, exceptionally fresh, scissors separated top and leftFINE. ANOTHER RARE OVERPRINT ERROR. ONE OF TWO KNOWN.
Ex Sheriff, Markovits
7,500
9,000
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S
24c Agriculture, "Sepcimen" Error (O8Sa). Without gum as issued, reperfed at top and slight soilingFINE CENTERING AND VERY RARE, THIS BEING ONE OF ONLY TWO EXAMPLES KNOWN.
Ex Markovits
7,500
0
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S
1c Executive, Specimen Ovpt., Horizontally Ribbed Paper, Small Dotted "i" in "Specimen" (O10Sb). Without gum as issued, fresh and Fine
450
280
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S
1c Executive, Specimen Ovpt., Horizontally Ribbed Paper, Small Dotted "i" in "Specimen" (O10Sb). Without gum as issued, fresh, some short perfs at left, otherwise Fine
450
190
Back to Top3397
S
2c Executive, Specimen Ovpt., Foreign Entry of 6c Agriculture (O11S var). Position 40, without gum as issued, tiny thin spot and reperfed at right, otherwise Fine, a very scarce and seldom seen printing variety, with 2003 P.F. certificate
2,000
475
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S
1c Justice, "Sepcimen" Error (O25Sa). Without gum as issued, exceptionally well-centered, reperfed at left and trifle faded, otherwise Very Fine
1,250
575
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S
1c Justice, Specimen Ovpt., Ribbed Paper, Small Dotted "i" in Specimen (O25Sc). Without gum as issued, couple very trivially nibbed perfs at right, otherwise Fine
450
125
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S
2c Justice, "Sepcimen" Error (O26Sa). Without gum as issued, handsomely centered, wide margins, top corner thins plus couple perf flaws, otherwise Very Fine
2,000
625
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1c Navy, "Sepcimen" Error (O35Sa). Without gum as issued, choice centering with wide margins, few short perfs, otherwise Extremely Fine
1,500
1,200
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S
1c Navy, Soft Paper, Double "Specimen" Ovpt. (O35xSa). Without gum as issued, fresh and Fine, very scarce
1,000
850
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S
1c Navy, Soft Paper, Double "Specimen" Ovpt. (O35xSa). Without gum as issued, choice margins, thin spot, Very Fine appearance, this is the example listed as hard paper No. O35S variety and "the only recorded example" in the Markovits sale, with 1991 P.F. certificate as O35S var, an opinion with which we respectfully disagree
1,000
525
Back to Top3404
S
2c Navy, "Sepcimen" Error (O36Sa). Without gum as issued, choice margins, small light ms. mark in top margin, otherwise Very Fine and rare, with 2003 P.F. certificate
2,500
2,100
Back to Top3405
S
12c Navy, "Sepcimen" Error (O41Sa). Without gum as issued, fresh, centered top and right, perfs close to barely touchFINE. ONE OF THE GREATEST RARITIES OF ALL "SEPCIMEN" ERRORS. WITH ONLY 107 "SPECIMEN" STAMPS ISSUED, THE ERROR OFFERED HERE MAY WELL BE UNIQUE
Ex Sheriff. Signed George B. Sloane
10,000
6,250
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S
1c Post Office, "Sepcimen" Error (O47Sa). Without gum as issued, minor soiling and tiny corner crease, otherwise Fine, approximately 60 issued, ex Sheriff, Markovits
1,100
475
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S
1c Post Office, "Sepcimen" Error (O47Sa). Without gum as issued, s.e. at left, fresh and Fine, approximately 60 issued, with 1991 P.F. certificate
1,100
1,400
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S
1c Post Office, Inverted Specimen Ovpt. (O47Sb). Without gum as issued, wide margins including huge natural s.e. at right, fresh and Very Fine
1,100
2,300
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S
1c State, "Sepcimen" Error (O57Sa). Without gum as issued, three wide margins, trivial corner perf crease, centered to top, Fine appearance
1,100
1,250
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S
1c State, Specimen Ovpt., Ribbed Paper, Small Dotted "i" in "Specimen" (O57Sc). Without gum as issued, Fine
450
260
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S
1c State, Specimen Ovpt., Ribbed Paper, Small Dotted "i" in "Specimen" (O57Sc). Without gum as issued, fresh, light crease, right perfs clear to barely in
450
160
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S
1c State, Specimen Ovpt., Ribbed Paper, Small Dotted "i" in "Specimen" (O57Sc). Without gum as issued, Fine and attractive
450
400
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S
1c State, Specimen Ovpt., Ribbed Paper, Small Dotted "i" in "Specimen" (O57Sc). Without gum as issued, light shade, Fine
450
0
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S
1c State, Double "Specimen" Ovpt (O57Sd). Without gum as issued, few minor perf flaws, centered to top, perfs touch, irrelevant as this is the only known example, with 1999 P.F. certificate, ex Markovits
1,500
3,250
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S
2c State, "Sepcimen" Error (O58Sa). Without gum as issued, couple short perfs and just in at top, rare stamp, about seven to ten known
1,500
1,500
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S
3c State, "Sepcimen" Error (O59Sa). Without gum as issued, scissors separated with top perfs trimmed offFINE. A RARE ERROR WITH ONLY FIVE EXAMPLES KNOWN.
Ex Markovits
3,500
4,750
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S
1c War, "Sepcimen" Error (O83Sa). Without gum as issued, fresh, right perfs touch, Fine
1,100
1,150
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S
1c War, "Sepcimen" Error (O83Sa). Without gum as issued, intense color, clear overprint, Fine
1,100
1,300
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