FIJI 1912 £3 on £1 purple and black/red REVENUES

FIJI 1912 £3 on £1 purple and black/red REVENUESFiji 1912 King Edward VII 3 on 1 purple and black red, REVENUES, 'R and vertical bar' overprint with additional surcharge in words, tied to small document piece by blue crayon line and indistinct cancel. A fine and rare Revenue stamp. Revenue only stamps overprinted with a letter R and a vertical bar were first introduced in Fiji on 1 January 1911. These were the first stamps to be overprinted this way depicting King Edward VII. Barefoot Revenues

In his early years

The loan from Henry VIII enabled Gresham to found the House of Gresham

Embossed British stamps are particularly interesting as they include three features that are unique to British philately – the method of die production

which was once attached to the block of 4 in the Royal Collection

One of the most attractive designs from what was the first pictorial series from a major British colony

A superb Napoleon Bonaparte signed note

432 sheets (from four vignette plates)

and watermark MCA 7½d (rejoined horizontal pair) and 10d (rejoined vertical pair)

Most likely the only chance you will get to own this major rarity and delightful to see surviving in such beautiful condition

Issued in the latter part of the Boy King's reign when he was only thirteen or fourteen years of age

A fine and fresh unmounted mint block with full original gum

The US was the winning team