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U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History


Puerto Rico
 
 
Lot Photo Description
Lot 1517

Puerto Rico 1899, 1¢-10¢ Specimen overprints (210S-214S), handstamped violet "SPECIMEN" (Samuel type NA2) by Natal postal officials, affixed on piece of album page, average centering, bright and fresh, F.-V.F. A unique set.
Estimate $750 - 1,000

Provenance: Whitpain, Pounder

These stamps were sent unoverprinted by the U.P.U. to postal officials in Natal, S. Africa, where they were handstamped "Specimen" and mounted on blank pages in an old Schaubek stamp album.

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