2c War, "Sepcimen" Error (O84Sa). Position 5 in a block of eight from the right pane of 100, with split arrow & part imprint at top, without gum as issued, rich color, error with wide margins to just touching at top, crease thru bottom pair of block well away from the error and of little consequence

AN EXTREMELY RARE PART IMPRINT BLOCK OF EIGHT OF THE 2-CENT WAR ISSUE WITH THE "SEPCIMEN" OVERPRINT ERROR.

As far as we know, the "Sepcimen" overprint error only comes from Position 21, the lefthand stamp in the third row of the pane. The 2c and 3c War Department stamps were printed from plates with two panes of 100 subjects, side by side. A straight edge is therefore possible if the error stamp comes from the right pane of 100, as with the example here. The other War Department values were printed from plates of 100 subjects and are perforated at the left edge. A footnote to the Official "Specimen" overprints in the Scott Catalog states "Blocks of four or larger with the 'Sepcimen' error are rare and worth much more than the value of the individual stamps."

Ex Sheriff. Scott Retail as single error $2,000.00

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