OTHER BRITISH AFRICA / FOREIGN AFRICA
Saint Helena to Zanzibar
SIERRA LEONE
AA4242
1897 Fiscal stamps '2½d' on 1/- surcharge, type 8. Lower right corner copy showing plate '1' in margin, additionally printed on vertically pre-creased paper (now opened out) resulting in a 3½mm split in the surcharge. Unused without gum. A striking and highly unusual variety. RARE. SG 63 var.
£225