FIJI 1912-13 set of 13 to £1 SPECIMEN, SG125s/37s

FIJI 1912-13 set of 13 to £1 SPECIMEN, SG125s/37sFiji 1912 13 set of 13 to 1, watermark MCA, overprinted 'SPECIMEN', SG125s 37s. A fine mint set with original gum. A few short perforations and the 1 stamp with slight rubbing as often seen, but overall a nice fresh mint quality set. This is a particularly scarce King George V set to complete, distributed in several parts between 1912 and 1916. "SPECIMEN" examples were used solely by postal administrations for reference purposes to help spot any

A superb used bottom margin vertical pair neatly cancelled by a pair of Guernsey circular date stamps and showing marginal ”Pillars”

The Victory stamps

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue values is £4

Dali clearly spent some time on this piece

additionally franked by 1938-51 2s black and brown

Great Britain 1884 £1 Brown-lilac Plate 1 (Watermark Three Imperial Crowns)

Regarding mamma

Upon arrival into the London post it was additionally cancelled over Britannia with an experimental black Maltese Cross

Displayed in a black backing with portraits of the two men

the National Archives and the British Museum

Gibraltar 1898 ½d grey-green

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue price for this set is £23