Lot 60
CEYLON 1869 SG O5a Official QV 2s imperforate pair mint

Stamps and Covers of Asia & the Middle East | S25009
Auction: 2 September 2025 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £800 - £1,000
Description
Official. 1869 2s deep blue, type O1 SERVICE overprint, an imperforate horizontal pair with close to large margins, fresh part o.g. Prepared for use, but never issued. Very rare as a pair, and probably the finest of the few recorded, as the others of which illustrations exist all seem to be touched or cut into on at least one side. SG O5a, £1500
Footnote
Believed by the previous owner to be ex Ferrary, but different from Ferrary XI. 372, which subsequently passed into the Hind collection. The Royal Collection has only a single example

