SEYCHELLES 1889 SG8 Proof of 96c duty in black on glazed card Before Hardening digital-edition Very fine unused perforated example

Very fine unused perforated example printed in slate grey on gummed Crown watermarked paper

1914 (17 Sep) 40pf black and carmine

1841 and a Wells arrival datestamp for the following day

Almost certainly contemporarily cancelled by favour

opt at foot

SEYCHELLES 1889 SG8 Proof of 96c duty in black on glazed card Before Hardening digital-edition Very fine unused perforated example1889 (25 OCT) 96c duty die proof in black on glazed card (92 x 60mm), stamped 'BEFORE HARDENING' at upper right and dated at upper left. Considered to be one of just two extant. Ex Winchester (Sotheby's 19 Jul 1996, lot 290 realised 368 + VAT). P212013974