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Greece: The Landscape Issues Specimen

Portuguese Colonial Office hand stamps

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A set of fifteen values affixed to portions of an album page. Some are hand stamped "Especimen" in violet and some "SPECIMEN" in green. These stamps were
applied by the Portuguese post office after receiving stamps from the UPU office in Berne. This was a common practice at the time before sending these sets to
their colonial post offices abroad. The "Especimen" cancellation was the second one that was used by the Portuguese PO. The first being the "ULTRAMAR", in the
early 1900's, followed by the "Especimen" that was used up to the early 1930's and finally the "SPECIMEN" that was used after that. The only stamp that has the

later cancellation is the 4 drachma Mystras stamp at the top left that was issued in 1935. If course the cancellation was placed after the stamp was received in
Portugal from the UPU offices n Bern and it is not known the time that had elapsed from the date that the issue was printed to the hand stamp being applied.