Lot 2275 S
1923, 2¢ Harding, flat plate printing, Specimen overprint, a well centered single with handstamped "SPECIMEN" overprint - as applied by an unidentified British Postal Administration - and diagonal blue crayon line, without gum, Very Fine, very rare; with 1977 B.P.A. certificate.Scott No. 610S Estimate $300 - 400.
Similar overprints were applied other U.S. stamps to be used as samples of the stamps that would be used on incoming U.S. mails.
Realized: $725