NEW GUINEA 1914 Marshall Is 8d on 80pf black and carmine/rose, SG58

NEW GUINEA 1914 Marshall Is 8d on 80pf black and carmine/rose, SG58New Guinea 1914 (16 Dec) Marshall Islands 8d on 80pf black and carmine rose, 5mm space from setting XI position. 1, SG58. A fresh mint example with large part original gum. Minor bends, which are barely noticeable and still of very fine appearance. A rarity from this setting (rated by 'Peter Gibbs G. R. I.' p. 274 at 10 x normal). When the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force occupied German New Guinea in 1914, it overprinted existing

both tied by crisply struck black Belfast "62" Irish numerals

During his four-day visit to the UK Mandela stayed at Buckingham Palace as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II

but instead of the Government House or the Wharf

which covered the rate to Belgium

It is a very fine and fresh unused pane of twenty lettered FE-JH with full selvedge and marginal inscription at top and bottom

Leeward Islands 1921-32 £1 purple and black/red

When WW2 broke out

but still fine for this rare issue

error printed on the gummed side

Gurkha officer Rambahadur Limbu's autograph lies diagonally across the upper left portion of the document

The letter reads (probably in a secretarial hand): “I arrived at Stuttgart yesterday evening at six

The SG catalogue value is £8