7c War, "Sepcimen" Error (O87Sa). Without gum as issued, rich color, choice centering for this difficult issue, completely sound

EXTREMELY FINE. THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE FINEST EXAMPLE OF THE EXTREMELY RARE 7-CENT WAR DEPARTMENT SPECIAL PRINTING WITH THE "SEPCIMEN" OVERPRINT ERROR.

Only 539 copies of the 7c 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 only seven can possibly exist (five or six from sheets plus the Framingham Find example). Perhaps two or three are known. None was offered in the Combs, Sheriff or Markovits sales. Only the Inman example (which is cut in at the top and creased) and the stamp offered here, recently discovered and certified, are contained in the records of The Philatelic Foundation.

With 2021 P.F. certificate

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