12c State, "Sepcimen" Error (O63Sa). Without gum as issued, rich color, centered to top left with full perfs all around, couple shallow central thin spots

FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE 12-CENT STATE DEPARTMENT WITH "SEPCIMEN" SPELLING ERROR. A GREAT SPECIAL PRINTING RARITY.

Only 280 copies of the 12c 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 three errors were sold, the number we record: 1) small thins, ex Lewenthal, Sheriff, Markovits and Inman (Sale 1135, lot 673); 2) sound, scissors-separated perfs, ex Mooz (Sale 1274, lot 767); 3) shallow thin spots, the example offered here (P.F. certificate no. 14827).

P.F. certificate 14827 no longer accompanies. It mentions regumming, which was subsequently removed.

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