An original Government Notice authorising the provisional surcharges on 1st. January 1891 due the reduction in the postal rates, printed on soft wove paper (203 x 165mm.) bearing two unused examples of the bisect and signed by Fred Shelden Sanguinetti, Acting Postmaster; two folds well clear of the bisects. A very rare and important item, being one of only three examples believed to exist. Photo

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An original Government Notice authorising the provisional surcharges on 1st. January 1891 due the reduction in the postal rates, printed on soft wove paper (203 x 165mm.) bearing two unused examples of the bisect and signed by Fred Shelden Sanguinetti, Acting Postmaster; two folds well clear of the bisects. A very rare and important item, being one of only three examples believed to exist. Photo
Provenance
E.A. St. Helier Tweney
Cecil Martin, 1955
Dr. F.E. Baker