CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 4

Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Lithographed £ 6 blue on pink, wmk. first V over Crown upright, perf. 12½, an unused example, well centred and of good colour, horizontally overprinted by italic "Specimen." in black, small internal break above X of SIX, disturbed browned part og. Despite faults, a rare stamp with just 1'320 issued of which most were fiscally used, Ceremuga states "only a tiny number recorded". Cert. Ceremuga (2011).