Lot 2099
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Envelope, 1887, 1¢ blue on blue with "Specimen." overprint (U299S), entire with printed Armour & Company of Chicago return address, size 8, knife 38, watermark 12, brilliant color on deeply blue paper. UPSS 893 $27,500. Scott $30,000
ONE OF THE RAREST ENTIRES WITH ONLY TWO KNOWN, THIS BEING THE ONLY EXAMPLE WITH THE "SPECIMEN" OVERPRINT- ONE OF THE KEYS TO A COMPLETE COLLECTION.
Provenance: F.P. Brown
Porter Venn records one unused entire, one full corner and two cut squares, as well as the entire with "Specimen" overprint offered here.
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