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Specimen Officials, 'Specimen' overprints, 1875, specialized collection of 76 stamps neatly mounted on quadrilled pages, 46 different items, many better items throughout incl. nos. O4S, O6S, O7S, O27S two, O29S, O32S, O39S, O41S, O50S-O53S, O62S-O64S, O67S and O35xS (broken 'i' in 'Specimen'), incl. three 1c State horizontal pairs, some ribbed paper varieties, etc., some have scissors separated perfs. as often (trimming or blunting some perfs.) or have small faults, otherwise very good-very fine, a valuable and very useful lot whose condition is far better than average for these always difficult 'specimens' which are actually special printings, Scott retail $6,069.50