Worldwide Air Post Stamps and Postal History, Philatelic Rarities of the World, Part 3
Lot 1322:
1876, blue handstamped surcharge 8(k) on 10k carmine and green, printed on horizontally laid paper, perforation 11½ (Scott #11, a common stamp was surcharged on Scott #15, perforated 14½x15), a part of PO in Constantinople cancellation, insignificant abrasion at right, still F/VF, nice looking and extremely rare stamp. According to specialists’ opinion these stamps were occasionally overprinted in the Post Office, only a few survived, Est. $750-$1,000, Scott #17 var
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