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United States Stamps continued...

Specimen Overprints continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
3285 S Image1c-90c 1861 Issue, Specimen Ovpt. Ty. B (63S-78S-B). Complete set of ten different values, all original gum except 15c, overprint is faint on the 12c as always, 10c reperfed at right, otherwise virtually all Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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 $ 2,120.00

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
3286 S Image12c Blackish Violet, Handstamped Blue Specimen Ovpt. Ty. B (162S-B). The discovery copy and possibly unique, original gum, h.r., Fine, first listed in the Scott U.S. Specialized Catalogue in 1975 based on this example, there are five other values listed for the 1873 Bank Note Issue and they have a Scott Retail of $700.00 to $750.00 each, with 1973 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
3287 S Image30c Greenish Black, Handstamped Blue Specimen Ovpt. Ty. B (165S-B). Original gum, h.r., Fine, Very Rare with only two or three believed known, undervalued in Scott, with 1979 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
3288 S Image1c-90c 1879-83 American Bank Note Issue, Specimen Ovpt. Ty. D (189S-211S-D). The series of ten as listed, some original gum, there are two of the 90c and both appear to have the so-called "Black Brown" overprint (No. 191S-Da), 30c thin spot, otherwise Fine (Image)

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 $ 920.00

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
3289 S Image1c-90c 1889 American Bank Note Issue, "Sample." Ovpts. (212S-191S-K). The complete set of ten of various values from the 1879-87 Bank Notes plus the three 2c Trial Colors, also incl. 10c without ovpt, nearly all original gum, 90c thin spot and few other minor flaws, otherwise Fine lot, these were prepared for the contract to print the 1890 Issue (Image)

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 $ 1,055.00

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
3290 S Image1c-90c 1889 American Bank Note Issue, Trial Color Stamps with "Sample A." Ovpts. (212S-191S-L). Complete set of ten plus the 10c and 15c without ovpt (10c margin faults and not counted), about half with original gum, 30c small faults, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, these were prepared for the contract to print the 1890 Issue, basically in the color scheme used for Nos. 219-229 (Image)

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 $ 850.00

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
3291 S Image4c-90c 1889 American Bank Note Issue, Handstamped "Sample" with Manuscript "A", and Manuscript "Sample A" Ovpts. (191S-211S-M, 216S-N). Last both Black and Red Ovpts, 10c and 4c original gum, 4c s.e and both small faults, red ms. ovpt. color bleed, otherwise Fine lot, much scarcer than the usual "Sample" and "Sample A" overprints, (Image)

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 $ 740.00

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
3292 S Image1c-90c 1890-93 Issue, Diagonal Specimen Ovpts. Ty. E (219S-229S-E). Original gum, 90c minor corner thin, otherwise Fine set, the 2c Lake was not released with Specimen overprint (Image)

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 $ 1,675.00

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
3293 S Image1c-90c 1890-93 Issue, Horizontal Specimen Ovpts. Ty. E (219S-229S-E). Each overprint carefully placed at or near the bottom of the stamp so as to avoid obliterating the portrait, original gum, h.r., 15c and 30c wide natural s.e., 90c a bit oxidized, Fine set, the 2c Lake was not released with Specimen overprint (Image)

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 $ 1,675.00

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
3294 S Image1c-$5.00 Columbian, Specimen Ovpts. Ty. E (230S-245S-E). 15c part original gum, others original gum, 6c minor thin

FINE-VERY FINE SET OF THE COLUMBIAN ISSUE WITH SPECIMEN OVERPRINT. VERY FEW SETS SURVIVE IN THIS CHOICE CONDITION.

The $4.00 in this set is among the finest we have ever encountered. (Image)

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 $ 7,200.00

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3295 S Image1c-$5.00 1895 Issue, Specimen Ovpts. Ty. E (264S-278S-E). Complete set except the 2c is No. 267aS-E, there is no $1.00 Ty. II and the 1c and 4c are the colors of the 1898 Issue, original gum except some lower values to the 10c no gum, some higher values Mint N.H., all overprints carefully placed horizontally toward the bottoms of the stamps to avoid obliterating the portraits, also incl. $1.00 Ty. I with Double "Specimen" Ovpt., our guess is that the person applying the overprint was not satisfied with the placement of the first one at the bottom of the bust, so another was struck in the right margin reading down and can clearly be seen, a most unusual variety, Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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 $ 2,460.00

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

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