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| Country: All Subject: KE7 reign Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | NATAL postal history: KE7 1d Post Card ovp'd "SPECIMEN", fine condition. £9 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1909 3d Arms (SG.106), fine mounted mint ovp'd "SPECIMEN", slight toning on top two perfs. £6 |
;) | GRENADA (Smeets forgery) stamp: 1902 KE7 5/- green & carmine (SG.65, Cat.£80), a forgery believed to have been cleverly executed by the Belgian forger Smeets by bleaching out the design of used copies of the 1886 Ceylon QV 5c dull purple (SG.195) to a give a "blank" CA wmk P.14 stamp; only immediately given away by the indelible ink partial Ceylonese village cds ending in LA which could not be removed, added forged partial ST. DAVID'S cds thought dated C/JY 2 06. £60 |
;) | SWAZILAND stamps: "Swaziland/Revenue/Only" on Transvaal KE7 1d MCA wmk, rubbed lower right corner. £6 |
;) ;) | SER.ET variety, Jamaica postal history 1905 cover with 1d Arms (SG.34a) tied CHAPLETON sqc OC 7 05 locally to St. Anns Bay (OC 9 05), small opening tear top right corner clear of adhesive. £165 |
;) | BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA stamps: 1903 KE7 1/- (SG.62b) ovp'd SPECIMEN, fresh mounted mint, hinge remain. £15 |
;) | NATAL stamps: litho forgery of the KE7 £20, Crown CC wmk, thinned. £28 |