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Auction: 26024 - The 'Mulberry' Collection of Great Britain King Edward VII Issues
Lot: 2269

Great Britain
King Edward VII
Officials
Inland Revenue
1902-04, on Stamps of 1902
6d. pale dull purple overprinted "specimen" (Type 15), one or two ink spots on reverse and single toned perf only visible from the reverse. An important stamp, there being very few known. B.P.A. Certificate (1974). S.G. O23s, £38,000, Spec. MO4s, £45,000

Notes: The warrant to overprint these stamps was dated 18 February 1904, the stock delivered on 10 March. This stamp was issued on 14 March, the very same day that an order came into effect withdrawing all Official stamps from use and subsequently the printed stock was destroyed. One part sheet of 234 was retained in the Post Office Archives, with six stamps removed and distributed to the Royal Collection who received a marginal pair, and the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, who received a block of four

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Estimate
£8,000 to £10,000

Starting price
£6500