Page 79 - Lithographed Stamps of North Borneo

SMALLSHIELD ISSUE OF 1888-92

Colour Trials and Specimen Overprints
Colour Trials: 6 Cents in black
Printed on un-gummed tbick soft paper with lmge bottom margin perforated vertically. Note tb.e large colourless flaw
on stamp # 2 below the back leg of the lion .

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On thin gummed paper (as issued stamps)
Jcgreen

- Oveiprinted Soecimen:
Hand stamped 'SPECIMEN' in sans serif capitals (ex Walter Bicklly' sale 2011).

According to NB Handbook all values were distributed to the UPU without an overprint, possibly overprint.ed by receiving
authority.
Hand Stamped diagonally (inverted) 'SPECIMEN.' with füll stop

Possibly locally executed for presentation purposes