MALDIVE ISLANDS 1991 3r50 ON 2r60 'Dhoni' variety, SG1533a

MALDIVE ISLANDS 1991 3r50 ON 2r60 'Dhoni' variety, SG1533aMaldive Islands 1991 (? Oct) Provisional surcharge 3r50 on 1985 2r60 'Dhoni', block of 10 (5x2) with full margins showing '1D' (x4) plate numbers and imprint, SG1533a. A very fine unmounted mint block with full original gum. This 'mystery' surcharge was first reported on the 2r70 value in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, April 1995 (p. 86), and this stamp in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, November 2007 (p. 124). Slight toning but few appear to have survived in any

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The Stanley Gibbons catalogue price for this set is £80

when they were withdrawn from sale

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Trivial tones on reverse do not detract in any way as of very fine appearance

Fine quality example from left of sheet with large part original gum

Novelist Harry Patterson (1929-) is most famous under his pen name Jack Higgins

R16/5-6) all showing variety "Thick (double) "2D"

21/2mm spacing 5ca orange

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Australia British Commonwealth Occupation Force 1946-48 6d purple-brown

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