Sale 1135 — The Grant Inman Collection, Part 2: U.S. Officials
Sale Date — Thursday, 15 September, 2016
Category — Official Special Printings - Justice Department
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
622
S
3c Justice, "Sepcimen" Error (O27Sa). Without gum as issued, brilliant color, small thin spot at top leftVERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY THREE EXAMPLES OF THE 3-CENT JUSTICE WITH "SEPCIMEN" SPELLING ERROR WERE RECORDED BY MARKOVITS. A GREAT RARITY.
Only 178 copies of the 3c Justice Special Printing were sold, but it is not known how the stamps were taken from the sheets or if full sheets were exhausted before breaking a subsequent sheet. If full sheets were used, then only two can possibly exist. Robert Markovits recorded three examples of this rarity (2004 Bennett sale). One other is ex Lewenthal and Lockyear.
Ex Markovits. With 2004 P.F. certificate
11,000
10,000