- £450.00
China. (French Indo-China). 1904. Postage Dues of Indo China SG D47, 5 on 60c brown/ buff (imperf strip of three), SG D48, 5 on 40c black (imperf strip of three), SG D49, 10 on 60c black (imperf strip of three) and SG D50, 30 on 60c black (imperf strip of three) overprint '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 postage dues 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.
