Samoa Germany New Zealand 1/- Palms bisect, both types on piece. Used. Sports Trading Cards pen markings on multiple pages

pen markings on multiple pages

Australia Post Christmas 2014 Stamp Pack

Condition is New

6p bright blue SG J19a in block of 4 MUH

Samoa Germany New Zealand 1/- Palms bisect, both types on piece. Used. Sports Trading Cards pen markings on multiple pagesIn 1895 a fire destroyed in stocks of all Samoan stamps except the one shilling value which was then bisected diagonally and used as a 2d stamp for overseas letters between the 24th of April and May. They were cut diagonally and postmarked in blue. Collectors heard about these and wrote to Samoa asking for them. The post office obliged and these stamps when normally bisected vertically and cancelled with a black hand stamp. Both types of these elusive