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細節
unused 1d. black on red with value omitted, fine mint. Extremely rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1961). Sc. 78a; S.G. 127a, £10000. Photo
來源
Dr. Arthur Reid, 1959
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Note: This item is accompanied by a copy of a 1902 letter from Bright and Son, London, to the Postmaster at San Fernando, requesting examples of this variety. A note at the foot of the page states "Only 7 were sold four (4) of which were posted on letters and they were thoroughly inked over by the Postal authorities consequently of no use. J.C. Lewis Postmaster.
Sir John Wilson recorded that out of the pane of sixty, fifty-one were returned to London and destroyed. Only three mint examples are recorded. One is in the Royal collection, another was sold by the auctioneers in 1987 and almost certainly originally formed a pair with the item offered above. Of the four examples stated to have been used on letters to Barbados, nothing further has ever been heard.
Sir John Wilson recorded that out of the pane of sixty, fifty-one were returned to London and destroyed. Only three mint examples are recorded. One is in the Royal collection, another was sold by the auctioneers in 1987 and almost certainly originally formed a pair with the item offered above. Of the four examples stated to have been used on letters to Barbados, nothing further has ever been heard.