POSTAL FISCAL: 1891 1d dull mauve (SG F1). VF/M example with MANUSCRIPT SPECIMEN, Samuel Type DMS. Applied to De La Rue stamps in the course of production samples either to be sent for outside approval or retained in the printer's archive. The distinctive hand is that described by Hart and is as the set exhibited by Sergay assembled from examples in the Danson & Robson collections, which excluded this value (copy Sergay page accompanies for reference). An exceedingly rare Specimen. See additional image.
