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

EXTREMELY FINE. AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THE EXTREMELY RARE 7-CENT WAR DEPARTMENT SPECIAL PRINTING WITH THE "SEPCIMEN" SPELLING ERROR. ONLY THREE ARE RECORDED AND THIS IS BY FAR THE FINEST EXTANT.

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 errors were sold. We record only three examples, and that is the number listed on the P.F. website as well. The other two we record are ex Mooz (slight fading and a nibbed perf, Sale 1274, lot 824) and ex Inman (perfs in, crease and small ink stain, Sale 1135, lot 700). This is by far the finest 7c War "Sepcimen" error recorded and would be rare in this condition even as the normal "Specimen" overprint. This stamp was found in 2021 in a modest estate collection.

With 2021 P.F. certificate (XF 90).

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