Labuan 1879 (May) Watermark CA over Crown, Sideways Specimens 2c.

Labuan 1879 (May) Watermark CA over Crown, Sideways Specimens 2c. blue-green, 6c. orange-brown, 12c. carmine and 16c. blue, each in a marginal vertical pair from either the left or right (2c. and 12c.) of a sheet, each handstamped "specimen" (Samuel Type D8), the 6c. and 16c. initialled and dated "24.12.78" in red ink in the selvedge at left, all with large part or full original gum. Wonderfully fresh and extremely rare, only one sheet overprinted. S.G. 1-4. Photo provenance: "Walter Bickly", Spink, July 2011, Lot 10 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Estimate:£4,000

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