10c War, "Sepcimen" Error (O88Sa). Without gum as issued, bright color, choice centering, two small thins at center

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT WAR DEPARTMENT WITH THE "SEPCIMEN" OVERPRINT SPELLING ERROR. WE ARE AWARE OF ONLY ONE OTHER EXAMPLE.

Only 119 copies of the 10c War 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 no more than two can exist from sold sheets (plus the Framingham Find example). The Framingham Find example was offered in our December 2010 sale (Sale 1003, lot 5551, realized $21,000 hammer).

With 2016 P.F. certificate

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