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Auction: 158 - The Robert Van Buren Emmons FRPSL, Collection of United States and Hawaii
Lot: 242

#O35S-45S, 1c-90c Navy special printings, with "Specimen" overprints, complete for all eleven values of the Continental printing, each with carmine "Specimen" overprint, without gum as issued, these were often cut apart with scissors, most have full perforations, the 15c has perfs. clipped away at bottom and a small thin, the rest are fine or better; the Special Printings of the officials are analogous to the regular Bank Note special printings and often are as rare, except for the 1c, 2c and 7c the numbers sold range from 102 to 126 of each value.

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