Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1394
Seychelles 1896 (1 Aug.) Provisionals "18 cents" on 45c. brown and carmine, variety inverted "8" and handstamped "specimen" (SY2), unused with part original gum; this most unusual variety only occurring on Specimen stamps. Photo Estimate £ 300-400 provenance: Ronnie Winchester, July 1996 Jeffrey Weiss, December 2004
Sold for
£480