Southern Nigeria 1912 KGV £1 Colonias Archive Specimen

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Description

  • 1912 PORTUGUESE RECEIVING AUTHORITY ARCHIVE SPECIMEN:
  • KGV £1 purple & black on red (SG 56) bearing handstamped "COLONIAS" in violet
  • (in addition to the usual SPECIMEN type D12 overprint).
  • VF unused, fresh colours.
  • Emanating from a Portuguese Colonial receiving authority. The additional handstamped defacement was applied in Lisbon prior to distribution of the specimens (received through the UPU) to the overseas Portuguese colonies.