Sale 1135 — The Grant Inman Collection, Part 2: U.S. Officials
Sale Date — Thursday, 15 September, 2016
Category — Official Special Printings - State Department
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
672
S
10c State, "Sepcimen" Error (O62Sa). Without gum as issued, bright color, wide marginsVERY FINE AND CHOICE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT STATE DEPARTMENT WITH THE "SEPCIMEN" SPELLING ERROR. ONE OF THE GREATEST RARITIES OF THE OFFICIAL ISSUES.
Only 346 copies of the 10c State 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 four can possibly exist. The Combs book does not record any, and the Miller collection, which has copies of most Official Special Printing rarities, does not contain one.
Ex Markovits. With 1937 R.P.S. and 1991 P.F. certificates.
17,500
25,000