Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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

Official Special Printings - Post Office Department

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

640

1c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt., Inverted Ovpt. (O47Sb). Without gum as issued, deep shade, some age spotting at center, otherwise Very Fine, scarce as it is believed only one sheet of 100 was printed with the overprint inverted, it is possible that a "Sepcimen" inverted exists but it has never been seen, normal accompanies for comparison (Image)

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$ 2,795.00

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

641

2c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O48S). Without gum as issued, detailed impression, wide margins, Fine (Image)

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$ 325.00

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction

642

3c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O49S). Without gum as issued, intense shade and impression, perfs scissors-separated but intact on all sides, Very Fine, only 91 sold (Image)

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$ 1,600.00

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

643

6c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O50S). Without gum as issued, wide bottom margin and full perforations all around, fresh and Fine, scarce as only 87 sold (Image)

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$ 1,600.00

SOLD for $600.00
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644

10c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O51S). Without gum as issued, deep shade, wide margins, Very Fine and choice, only 177 sold (Image)

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$ 1,100.00

SOLD for $750.00
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645

12c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O52S). Without gum as issued, detailed impression, well-proportioned margins, perfs scissors-separated but intact on all four sides, Very Fine and choice, an attractive stamp, only 93 sold (Image)

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$ 1,600.00

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

646

15c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O53S). Without gum as issued, deep shade and detailed impression, almost perfectly centered with full perforations all around

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS IS EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE 15-CENT POST OFFICE SPECIAL PRINTING IN EXISTENCE.

Only 82 sold. This example compares favorably with the ex-Golden copy, which realized $4,500 hammer in our Sale 1095. These two are by far the finest we have ever encountered. (Image)

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$ 1,600.00

SOLD for $3,875.00
Will close during Public Auction

647

24c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O54S). Without gum as issued, deep shade, perfs scissors-separated but intact, Very Fine, only 84 sold (Image)

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$ 1,600.00

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction

648

30c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O55S). Without gum as issued, detailed impression, full perforations, Very Fine, this value has the lowest sale quantity of the Post Office Department Special Printings with only 81 sold (Image)

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$ 1,600.00

SOLD for $700.00
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649

90c Post Office, Specimen Ovpt. (O56S). Without gum as issued, pretty shade, perfs scissors-separated but intact on all sides, Very Fine, only 82 sold (Image)

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$ 1,600.00

SOLD for $1,500.00
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650

1c Post Office, "Sepcimen" Error (O47Sa). Without gum as issued, intense shade, intact perforations on all sides, fresh and Fine, scarce example of this "Sepcimen" error, with a sold quantity of 6,015, it is possible that 60 "Sepcimen" errors were released, but we do not know how the sheets were divided and sold, nor do we know if the entire print run had the error in Position 21, reports of known examples are fewer than a dozen (Image)

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$ 3,000.00

SOLD for $2,900.00
Will close during Public Auction