- £95.00
China. (French Indo-China). 1903. Indo-China SG 28, 5 on 15c grey (strip of three) and SG 29, 15 on 25c blue (strip of three) overprinted 'SPECIMEN'.
Stamps of French Indo-China were received by the Rhodesian Post Office from the U.P.U. in Berne and applied with their own gum to pages from a commercially bought stamp album and the 'SPECIMEN' type R4 hand-stamp applied.
French Indo-China 1903 surcharges in strips of three overprint 'SPECIMEN' with receipt date and dispatch number written alongside. The specimen hand-stamp is the fancy type R4 listed by Marcus Samuel and James Bendon unique to Rhodesia and certainly on the stamps of French Indo-China.
These unique 'Specimen' stamps were 'Liberated' from the Rhodesia Post Office in early 1980's and have just appeared on the market for the first time.
