Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 3

Stamp Duty Series 1884/96: Lithographed £ 7 violet on blue, wmk. first V over Crown upright, perf. 13, an unused example, centred to top left, brilliant colour, diagonally overprinted "SPECIMEN" in black, slight gum wrinkles on large part og. A very rare stamp in superb quality: just two examples are recorded thus, the other was ex the Lee Molnar collection (lot 398). Cert. Ceremuga (2002).