Specimen 4d. and 9d. handstamped "SPECIMEN" (Types 5 and 6 respectively), on Postal Notice printed for Edinburgh General Post Office, headed "NEW POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE VALUE OF NINEPENCE, AND ALTERATION IN THE COLOUR OF THE FOURPENNY STAMP", dated "January 1862"; a few short perfs., 4d. with small tear, notice with a few folds and slight soiling but still fine and rare. Photo

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Specimen 4d. and 9d. handstamped "SPECIMEN" (Types 5 and 6 respectively), on Postal Notice printed for Edinburgh General Post Office, headed "NEW POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE VALUE OF NINEPENCE, AND ALTERATION IN THE COLOUR OF THE FOURPENNY STAMP", dated "January 1862"; a few short perfs., 4d. with small tear, notice with a few folds and slight soiling but still fine and rare. Photo

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