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NORTH BORNEO
1886-7: 'BRITISH NORTH BORNEO' above shield and 'POSTAGE' below it.
4 cents pink: white patch on lion's body near its shoulder, nine oars varying in length, lines from mast are very indistinct. Two transfers recorded.
Transfer B: Complete sheet of 50 starnps (10 x S) with perforated narrow margins (ex Cassels)
Easily distinguished from transfer A in that it no longer contains the incorrect value 'ONE CENT' on stamp No. 13
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Double transfer at positions #43 and #41: in both cases the original transfer placed to high, mostly erased leaving a small part of the NE comer remaining
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