Lot 25
Ceylon TELEGRAPH 1881 Local 'CANCELLED' Type CE2 presentation set. Unique.

Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | S25005
Auction: 29 July 2025 at 14:00 BST
£1,320
Description
1881 12c to 50r set of 8 original values (complete but for the 25r) part to large part yellowed o.g. each overprinted serifed ‘CANCELLED’ in red (Samuel type CE2), believed to have been used for local presentation sets. Some peripheral faults from poor storage, of little importance as this set is highly likely to be a unique set as not a single example of this overprint was found in the exemplary ‘Tabrobana’ collection of Ceylon Telegraphs. cat (as normal mint stamps £2,500+)

