Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3

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 strong colour, diagonally overprinted "Specimen" in black (just two, perhaps three known with this type), redistributed gum at top by hinge, otherwise fine og. A rare stamp with just 1'320 issued of which most were fiscally used. Cert. Ceremuga (2023).