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Specimen 1c. to $3, less 2c. and 30c. but with 1907-11 4c., 6c. and 10c. overprinted "SPECIMEN", each stamp additionally handstamped "ULTRAMAR" in violet; some usual loss of colour where the stamps have been soaked of their original backing paper, very scarce. Photo

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Note: The "ultramar" handstamp was applied by the Portuguese authorities for distrubution to their colonies during the period 1895-1910