The Rollin C. Huggins Jr. Collection of United States Officials Issues continued...

**Offical Special Printings: Agriculture thru Interior**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
649	S	1c-30c Agriculture, Specimen Ovpt. (O1S-O9S). Complete set, without gum as issued, vibrant colors, 12c natural s.e. at left, a couple minor flaws (30c bit of margin soiling), Fine and attractive set, of the 3c to 30c values a range of 352 to 390 each were sold (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 2,887.50 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
650	S	1c Agriculture, Specimen Ovpt. (O1S). Block of 20 in vertical format, without gum as issued, vivid color, nice centering and margins throughout, Very Fine, a pretty multiple, Scott Retail as blocks and singles (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 1,530.00 SOLD for $2,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
651	S	1c Agriculture, "Sepcimen" Error (O1Sa). Without gum as issued, vivid color, well-centered, Very Fine, only approximately 20 are known, ex Lewenthal (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 2,500.00 SOLD for $1,900.00 Will close during Public Auction
652	S	2c Agriculture, "Sepcimen" Error (O2Sa). Without gum as issued, radiant color, light horizontal bend or crease is visible in cross-lighting but does not flash while drying, appears Fine, rare with only approximately 10 known, curiously several are centered to lower right with a wide left margin, ex Lewenthal (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 3,000.00 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
653	S	12c Agriculture, "Sepcimen" Error (O6Sa). Without gum as issued, vivid color, small slightly soiled thin spot at top left FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT AGRICULTURE "SEPCIMEN" ERROR. FEWER THAN FIVE ARE KNOWN. Robert Markovits recorded only three examples of the 12c Agriculture "Sepcimen" error (2004 Bennett sale). There are probably one or two outside of his census, including one offered in our Sale 1017 that had a large stained repair. Only 379 of the 12c Agriculture 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. The famed Golden collection, sold by the Siegel Firm in 2015, did not have a copy. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 12,500.00 SOLD for $12,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
654	S	1c Executive, Specimen Ovpt. (O10S). Bottom left corner imprint and plate no. 82 block of 14, plate no. 81 scored out below, without gum as issued, brilliant color, well-centered stamps nearly throughout VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE AND OUTSTANDING IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF 14 OF THE ONE-CENT EXECUTIVE WITH "SPECIMEN" OVERPRINT. A WONDERFUL SHOWPIECE. After the plate number "81" was engraved on the 1c plate, it was realized that No. 81 had already been assigned to the 30c War plate. The number was scratched out and replaced with "82" above Position 7 and below Position 97. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 18,000.00 SOLD for $17,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
655	S	1c Executive, Specimen Ovpt. (O10S). Block of 16 in vertical format with narrow left selvage, without gum as issued, rich color, well-centered, Very Fine, Scott Retail as blocks of four (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 1,400.00 SOLD for $2,900.00 Will close during Public Auction
656	S	1c Executive on Soft Porous Paper, Specimen Ovpt. (O10xS). American Bank Note Co. printing, top imprint and plate no. 82 strip of ten with plate no. 81 etched out, without gum as issued, bright color, tiny hinge slivers reinforcing perfs but only preventively as there are few separations VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE TOP IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER STRIP OF TEN OF THE ONE-CENT EXECUTIVE SPECIAL PRINTING ON SOFT PAPER. After the plate number "81" was engraved on the 1c plate, it was realized that No. 81 had already been assigned to the 30c War plate. The number was scratched out and replaced with "82" above Position 7 and below Position 97. Imprint and plate number multiples are unlisted in Scott on soft paper. By way of comparison, Scott Retail for an imprint strip of seven on ribbed paper is $3,250.00 (versus $280.00 for seven singles). The soft paper printing is more than twice as scarce as the ribbed paper printing (4,652 soft paper sold versus 10,000 for ribbed paper). Therefore this complete top row, were it to be priced in Scott, should be at least $7,000.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 4,000-5,000 SOLD for $5,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
657	S	1c Executive on Soft Porous Paper, Specimen Ovpt. (O10xS). American Bank Note Co. printing, horizontal block of 12, without gum as issued, vibrant color, well-centered nearly throughout, pos. 4 light horizontal crease, pos. 9 two small stain spots, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, reported by Mr. Huggins to be the largest known multiple, Scott Retail as three blocks of four (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 3,300.00 SOLD for $2,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
658	S	3c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O17S). Without gum as issued, brilliant color, blunted perfs from scissors-trimming at top left and upper right, Fine and very scarce, only 88 sold (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 2,500.00 SOLD for $275.00 Will close during Public Auction
659	S	6c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O18S). Without gum as issued, radiant color, perfs trimmed at bottom, Fine, very scarce, only 83 sold (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 2,500.00 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction

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