SEYCHELLES 1921 SG100s var Specimen KGV 3c black Script watermark ex Bechuanaland post office archive digital-edition Very fine stage 1 example

Very fine stage 1 example printed in scarlet on proof paper (168 x 102mm) with "4SA" engraved above in reverse

1870 1¬Ωd Lake red Pl

example printed at Somerset house

prepaid at the 9¬Ωd rate (3 x 2¬Ωd plus 2d registration) by two 4d grey-brown Pl

SEYCHELLES 1921 SG100s var Specimen KGV 3c black Script watermark ex Bechuanaland post office archive digital-edition Very fine stage 1 example1921 32 3c black, Script wmk, opt 'SPECIMEN' with additional seriffed 'SPECIMEN' receiving h s (type BEC2a) applied diagonally. Affixed to small album page piece and tied by the receiving h s as well as green crayon auditing mark. From the Bechuanaland Post office archive, returned to London in c. 1937, and unique thus. BPA cert (2012). [See Bendon "UPU SPECIMEN STAMPS 1878 1961", p. 24.] P212015430