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

Official Special Printings - Navy Department

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

626

3c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O37S). Without gum as issued, radiant color, scissors-separated at top and bottom but all perfs are intact, choice centering, Extremely Fine, scarce in such choice condition, only 126 sold (Image)

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$ 1,400.00

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

627

6c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O38S). Without gum as issued, brilliant color, perfs scissors-separated at top and bottom but completely intact, Very Fine, a rare example of the 6c Navy Special Printing, only 116 were sold but they rarely make an appearance at auction, the Markovits collection did not contain one and only two are contained in Power Search (Image)

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$ 1,400.00

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

628

7c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O39S). Without gum as issued, crisp impression, Very Fine and choice (Image)

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$ 1,400.00

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

629

10c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O40S). Without gum as issued, brilliant color, well-balanced margins, perfs scissors-separated at top and bottom affecting those at top, still Extremely Fine, only 112 sold (Image)

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$ 1,400.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

630

12c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O41S). Without gum as issued, bright color, perfs scissors-separated at unusual angles, Fine, only 107 sold (Image)

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$ 1,400.00

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

631

15c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O42S). Without gum as issued, deep shade on bright paper, perfs scissors-separated but intact on all sides, fresh and Fine, only 107 sold (Image)

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$ 1,400.00

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

632

24c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O43S). Without gum as issued, rich color, detailed impression, Fine, only 106 sold (Image)

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$ 1,400.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

633

30c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O44S). Without gum as issued, intense shade and impression on bright paper, gorgeous centering with unusually wide and balanced margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT NAVY DEPARTMENT SPECIAL PRINTING.

Only 104 sold. (Image)

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$ 1,400.00

SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

634

90c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O45S). Without gum as issued, pretty shade, perfs scissors-separated but intact, fresh and Fine, only 102 sold (Image)

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$ 1,400.00

SOLD for $600.00
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635

1c Navy, "Sepcimen" Error (O35Sa). Without gum as issued, rich color and detailed impression, beautiful centering with wide and balanced margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT NAVY DEPARTMENT WITH THE "SEPCIMEN" SPELLING ERROR.

10,000 examples of the 1c Navy Special Printing were sold. This means at most that 100 examples of the "Sepcimen" error can exist. Power Search located fewer than a dozen, and this is the finest we have encountered. (Image)

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$ 2,750.00

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

636

2c Navy, "Sepcimen" Error (O36Sa). Without gum as issued, bright color, perfs scissors-separated but mostly intact as seen in accompanying photo, two tiny toned spots, minor surface rub, otherwise Fine, scarce, although the sold quantity of the 2c Navy Special Printing would suggest a fair number of "Sepcimen" errors were sold (1,748 stamps, or 18 sheets), the truth is this error is very rare, most of the handful of copies available to collectors have faults to varying degrees (two additional copies are in the Miller collection on extended loan by The New York Public Library to the Smithsonian National Postal Museum), Admiral Combs observed its rarity in his book and commented that "there should be some more copies around some place" (page 39) -- apparently not (Image)

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$ 3,250.00

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction