SELECTED NON AFRICA
GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS - OMNIBUS
SNA2268
NORTH BORNEO 1894 Pictorials 1c, 2c, 3c, 6c and 18c, five values, printer's samples in the characteristic unissued colours, but each exceptionally UNPUNCHED and perf. 14½-15 (rather than the usual perf. 12½), with type WS4 'WATERLOW & SONS LTD / SPECIMEN' (serifed letters) die-stamped in blue. A very rare and attractive group, none of these values recorded by Samuel with type W4S.
£750