Lot 31
C.1942-3 SPECIMEN set range

The Tony Mundy Collection of Great Britain | S24017
Auction: 31 October 2024 at 11:00 GMT
£720
Description
C.1942-3 King George VI SPECIMEN range. A group of seventeen unused examples with little to no gum, the lack of gum probably due to being mounted on an archive page or presentation book. Consisting of ½d-3d values from the light colours set (SG485-490s), 4d-1s values from the original dark colour set (SG468-475s) and three ‘Arms’ High value examples 2s6d Yellow green (SG476b), 5s Red (SG477s) & 10s Ultramarine (SG478bs) all handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ (12½x2½mm) similar to type 26. Believed to be from the Post Office Supplies Dept archive, Hemel Hempsted. Some minor faults and imperfections but an unusual and very scarce group

