CEYLON 1866 SG61/2, 63b, 69b Cancel digital-edition Head die IIIB

Head die IIIB

'wet' printing with narrow frame

still a highly presentable example of this difficult stamp

- P223014520

- G1674275

CEYLON 1866 SG61/2, 63b, 69b Cancel digital-edition Head die IIIB1866 68 3d with very fine "56" numeral cancel of Kaits (double strike, one inverted), 1867 70 1d deep blue with "57" of Mansar (clear part strike), 1866 68 1d and 1867 70 9d, both with fine "60" of Pallai, and 1866 68 1d (defective) and 3d each with nearly full "62" of Vallovettytorre. A remarkable and undoubtedly rare group, with none of these four numerals recorded on Pence issues by Kimmel & Pearson (p. 308), although an example of "62" (on SG