The Grant Inman Collection, Part 2: Officials continued...

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 7-CENT NAVY DEPARTMENT WITH THE "SEPCIMEN" SPELLING ERROR. ONLY FOUR ARE RECORDED.

Only 501 copies of the 7c Navy 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 five can possibly exist. Robert Markovits recorded only four examples of this rarity (2004 Bennett sale). This is the first we have sold since our 1993 Sheriff sale.

Ex Lewenthal and Sheriff. Illustrated in Combs pamphlet on p. 39. With 1999 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE 12-CENT NAVY DEPARTMENT WITH THE "SEPCIMEN" SPELLING ERROR. ONE OF THE GREATEST RARITIES OF THE ISSUE.

Only 107 copies of the 12c Special Printing was sold. 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. The Combs book (p. 39) notes that the Worthington collection contained one with a dot in the "1" of "12" and a break in the fifth line of the upper right corner, traits that are exhibited on the example offered here. The book also notes a second example, centered to top right, was offered in a 1946 Harmer sale -- it has traits that match the Sheriff copy.

Ex Worthington and Pickard. With 2016 P.F. certificate (Image)

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FINE APPEARANCE. THIS EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT NAVY DEPARTMENT WITH "SEPCIMEN" SPELLING ERROR IS REPORTEDLY UNIQUE. ONE OF THE GREATEST RARITIES OF THE ISSUE.

Only 107 copies of the 15c Navy 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. This is the only recorded example.

Ex F. W. Gilbert (according to Combs book), Lewenthal (where illustrated on front cover) and Sheriff. With 1999 P.F. certificate (Image)

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