Lot 150
150
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus bu… Read more 1889 (Aug.) "Four Pence" on ½d. Vermilion
unused Examples handstamped "SPECIMEN" (BEC 2) diagonally in black (rounded corner) and "Specimen" (BEC 1) in magenta, a corner block of four with Jubilee lines (a scarce multiple) and nine singles showing various placements of the surcharge in relation to the overprint, good to fine mint; also a used single showing dropped "r" in "Protectorate". S.G. 53, £484

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unused Examples handstamped "SPECIMEN" (BEC 2) diagonally in black (rounded corner) and "Specimen" (BEC 1) in magenta, a corner block of four with Jubilee lines (a scarce multiple) and nine singles showing various placements of the surcharge in relation to the overprint, good to fine mint; also a used single showing dropped "r" in "Protectorate". S.G. 53, £484
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.