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Lot 785

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Palestine, 1869, 30¢ blue & carmine, flags inverted, plate proof on card, unique assembly of postal stationery (8) with printed "Specimen" and additional violet "Specimen" handstamp applied by the British Post Office at St. Martin's-le-Grand, comprising 1927-28 postcards 4m rose (2) and 7m (2, large size), one of each with and without Hebrew and Arabic inscriptions, 1932 4m brown purple (small size) and 8m, and 1927 letter card 5m yellow orange (2) with and without Hebrew and Arabic inscriptions, Very Fine and an exceptional group.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000

The National Postal Museum only retained material from the British Post Office concerning Great Britain, while a significant amount of foreign postal stationery had been given to the British Museum by the British Post Office. Examination of their holdings, which did not include Palestine, revealed that both mint stationery and stationery overprinted "Specimen" received this additional violet "Specimen" handstamp to confirm its status upon arrival in the United Kingdom (cf. accompanying letter from Angus Parker February 9, 1979, upon whose research this is based).


 
Realized $750



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