Lot# 284 - Auction 298-307

Official 1887/90: £ 1 violet & claret, wmk. NSW reading down, perf. 11, a used example with POSTAGE overprint in black and second "OS" overprint (7 mm. spacing) in black, produced for 1895 presentation sets and cancelled to order by oval "GPO" in black. A fine and rare stamp with just 50 possible with this cancellation and probably many less extant. Rare. Cert. Ceremuga (2012) Gi = £ 22'500 for normal - of which just nine examples are recorded.