Lot# 6123 - Auction 244-249

Overprinted 'Postage' by Keith & Co. 1869 (Aug 23): 1 s. green, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14, optd. 'POSTAGE.' Type 7e, Second Setting, with unlisted variety "Overprint Double", cancelled by "2" numeral obliterator in black. The stamp with previous hinge thin but a rarity - unrecorded by Stanley Gibbons and, as far as we are aware, unique. Cert. BPA (1959) Gi = unpriced.rnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrn