Falkland Islands 1941 KGVI Mauritania Archive Specimens, Unique

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MAURITANIA UPU ARCHIVE RECEIVING AUTHORITY SPECIMENS: 1941 KGVI Definitives: Complete group of the three values (colour changes) issued in 1941. All in strips of three, each stamp perforated SPECIMEN in the usual manner for the UPU, affixed to piece of ledger page and further handstamped with 3-line "SPECIMEN / COLLECTION / MAURITANIE" in red-purple. Sent from the UPU in Berne to the Mauritania Post Office where they were affixed to the ledger page and tied by the Mauritania handstamp. Markedly superior condition to the norm. A unique and philatelically important group.