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The Ted Lockyear Collection/Justice Dept. - 1875 Special Printing
 
 
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Lot 1704
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Justice Dept., 1875, 1¢-90¢ complete, overprinted "Specimen" (O25SD-O34SD), without gum as issued. Choice centering, fresh colors, all with full perfs and none of the usual scissor cuts, 90¢ with trivial tiny crease. Very Fine. An unusually choice set, only 150 sets were issued.
Scott $3,523
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Lot 1705
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Justice Dept., 1875, 1¢ purple, overprinted "Specimen", with small dotted "i" (O25SDb), position 7, second printing on ribbed paper. Without gum as issued. Nibbed perf upper left. Otherwise F.-V.F.
Scott $300
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Lot 1706
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Justice Dept., 1875, 1¢ purple, overprinted "Specimen", varieties (O25SD, O26SDc), four stamps, production varieties comprising a dramatic pre-print paper fold, imperforate (ex-Hollowbush, Hind, Lewenthal), second printing on ribbed paper, and the dropped "S" variety from position 93. Few trivial faults. F.-V.F. and rare group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1707
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Justice Dept., 1875, 1¢ purple, overprinted "Specimen", ribbed paper (O25SDc), second printing on ribbed paper, bottom margin block of four, slight doubling in LL creating a tall "I" variety, fine to very fine centering, exceptional color. Without gum as issued. Very Fine and choice multiple.
Scott $190
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Lot 1708
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Justice Dept., 1875, 1¢ purple, overprinted "Specimen", ribbed paper (O25SDc), block of 4. Second printing on ribbed paper, short "I" variety in upper left stamp, fine centering, good color. Without gum as issued. Fine and rare.
Scott $190
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Lot 1709
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Justice Dept., 1875, 1¢ purple, overprinted "Specimen" (O25SD), top left block of 12 with plate number 85 and imprint, exceptional centering. Without gum as issued. Few trivial faults including light magenta mark on position 3. Otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $450+

Virtually every plate entry is clearly skewed, causing dramatic misalignment of entries between adjacent positions.

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Lot 1710
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Justice Dept., 1875, 1¢ purple, overprinted "Specimen" (O25SDb, O25SDc), second printing on ribbed paper, complete sheet of 100 stamps showing the dotted "i" variety in positions 7 and 26, without gum as issued. Some separation, sensible reinforcement, fine-very fine centering, faint vertical crease running down from position 6, trivial for such a large and outstanding item.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000

THE ONLY RECORDED COMPLETE SHEET OF THE 1¢ JUSTICE.

The misaligned transfers are readily apparent, resulting in the horizontal perfs being slightly diagonal to compensate.

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Lot 1711
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Justice Dept., 1875, 2¢ purple, overprinted "Specimen" (O26SD), bottom row block of 30 with plate number 90 and imprint, lower left corner with small pre-perf paper fold showing freak perfs, exceptional color and centering. Without gum as issued. Light diagonal crease through position. 99-100. Very Fine and extremely rare position piece.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500

Provenance: Lewenthal
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Lot 1712
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Justice Dept., 1875, 1¢ purple, overprinted "Sepcimen" (error) (O25SDa), fresh. Without gum as issued. Very Fine.
Scott $750
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Lot 1713
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Justice Dept., 1875, 2¢ purple, overprinted "Sepcimen" (error) (O26SDa), deep rich color. Without gum as issued. Fresh and Fine.
Scott $1,500

Provenance: Lewenthal
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Lot 1714
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Justice Dept., 1875, 2¢ purple, overprinted "Sepcimen" (error) (O26SDa), in vertical block of eight with normal specimen overprints, part imprint at top. Vivid color, exceptional centering. Without gum as issued. Very Fine. A choice multiple.
Scott $1,727+

Provenance: Stone
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Lot 1715
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Justice Dept., 1875, 3¢ purple, overprinted "Sepcimen" (error) (O27SDa), good color. Without gum as issued. Scissor separated as usual. Very Fine and rare.
Scott $4,500

ONE OF THREE RECORDED.

Provenance: Lewenthal
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Lot 1716
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Justice Dept., 1875, 12¢ purple, overprinted "Sepcimen" (error) (O30SDa), centered to top right with perfs just touching. Without gum as issued. Fine.
Scott $5,000

THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE.

Provenance: Stone, Sheriff
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Lot 1717
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Justice Dept., 1875, 15¢ purple, overprinted "Sepcimen" (error) (O31SDa), beautiful color, full intact perfs. Without gum as issued. Nearly Very Fine. Exceedingly rare.
Scott $5,000

THE FINER OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES.

Provenance: Stone
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Lot 1718
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Justice Dept., 1875, 24¢ purple, overprinted "Sepcimen" (error) (O32SDa), deep rich color. Without gum as issued. Scissor separated as usual. Fine.
Scott $5,000

THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE.

Provenance: Pickard, Stone, Sheriff
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