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Auction: 13027 - The Collector's series sale
Lot: 628

Gambia
1904-06 Issue
Specimen Stamps
7½d. horizontal pair, 10d. vertical pair, 1/6d., 2/6d. horizontal pair and 3/-, each handstamped "specimen" (12x1½mm.) and with identifiable part strikes of the "colonie du gabon et du congo francais/direction de l'interieur/1er/bureau" double-ring Receiving Authority handstamp, all without gum and the pairs rejoined; odd imperfections though a remarkable group from the Gabon U.P.U. archive which was dispersed in c. 1975, and of which only a handful of each exist. Photo

Note: Marcus Samuel refers to these Specimen handstamps on page 58 of his handbook and suggests that shortly after joining the U.P.U. in 1904 exchanged stamps with fellow members. On receipt of these stamps Gabon applied their security handstamp

Sold for
£400