Long Island 1916 2½d black on wove, SG32 British Indian Ocean Territory stamps Brilliant mint example with original

Brilliant mint example with original gum

South Africa Postage due

The vest was later acquired directly from the curator of the exhibition

The Seahorse stamps were also the most successful British stamps ever issued

unmounted with full original gum

Long Island 1916 2½d black on wove, SG32 British Indian Ocean Territory stamps Brilliant mint example with originalLong Island 1916 (7 May) 2d black typewritten (carbon) on thin wove with initials in indelible pencil, SG32. A fine mint example. There is some minor paper disturbance from a previous stamp hinge, which has been removed. It, however, remans a fine example as most examples known have condition issues. An extremely rare stamp as only 96 were originally produced (72 carbons + 24 top copies), from which 29 were destroyed as remainders. Gibbs recorded just