St Kitts-Nevis 1923 Tercentenary set of 13 to £1 black and purple/red Specimens, SG48s/60s

St Kitts-Nevis 1923 Tercentenary set of 13 to £1 black and purple/red Specimens, SG48s/60sSt Kitts Nevis 1923 'Tercentenary Founding of the Colony' set of 13 to 1 black and purple red, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (type D16), SG48s 60s. A brilliant quality mint set with large part original gum. A lovely set of British Commonwealth & Empire stamps representing miniature works of art in their own right. These Specimen examples were used solely by postal administrations for reference purposes and were never released to the public for postage use.

hence the lack of any rate markings

The "Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part One" by J

From a special supply of 600 (mostly destroyed) to the Seychelles Government in Oct

These unique fragments of wallpaper come from Abraham and Mary Lincoln's bedroom at the north end of the second floor

In January 1885 an additional eight stamps were removed from the Imprimatur sheet

ERROR IMPERFORATE BETWEEN (and at foot)

A fine quality example with large part original gum and some typical light gum toning

written in dark black ink

This card comes housed in an attractive vintage frame to an overall size of 42 x 27cm

Rarely seen in such pristine unmounted mint condition

5c and 8c) in fine quality blocks of four

plate 1a lettered 'JI'