1916 ½d mauve on thin horizontally laid paper. A very fine mint example with large margins all round. Only 160 examples were printed with 43 remainders ultimately destroyed. Gibbs records only 65 unus
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£ 550.00
SIERRA LEONE
QV
31
Special
1896 (13th May) Cover posted from Freetown to Newport, England, bearing QV 2½d ultramarine (SG 31) showing "2 / WIR" PERFIN - Second West Indian Regiment. Stamp is cancelled with a Freetown cds dated