Germany and German Colonies German Colonies Samoa British Occupation
Sale No: 1
Lot No:20292
Symbol:used,
Cat No:107 var + 107
4 d. and 5 d. on 40 pfg., carmine and black, vertical pair, overprint variety €ž4 d.€œ instead of €ž5 d.€œ (!) on the upper stamp, this is the UNIQUE mulitple combination 4 d./5 d., the parallelism of the typesetting and that the blurring on the top of the Gs of G.R.I points into the same direction proofs the plate setting, not the single Die privat usage, this is the only possiblity to prove the existence of non private setting errors and to start up a new philatelistic discussion in this case, due to Gibbs opinion that private opts were only made on 5 - 25 pfg., this pair proofs him right, cancel €žAPIA€œ, certificate H. Bothe, P. Scheller, provenance Marquess of Bute, XF! (Image)