Sale 905 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Monday, 12 December, 2005

Category — Official Specimens and Sepcimens

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3366
S
Sale 905, Lot 3366, Official Specimens and Sepcimens$10.00 State, Specimen Ovpt. (O70S). Without gum as issued, fresh and bright, two small thin spots (one very trivial) and a single short perf at right

FINE APPEARANCE. SECOND ONLY TO THE $20.00 VALUE IN RARITY AND A MAJOR KEY TO COMPLETION OF OFFICIAL "SPECIMEN" OVERPRINTS.

Although the Scott Specialized states that eight $2.00 State "Specimen" stamps were issued, the description for the Markovits example states that five are recorded, presumably based on Markovits's original research.

With 1983 P.F. certificate

42,500
40,000