SEYCHELLES 1899 SG28 Proof 2c colour trial in orange-brown and black digital-edition The right stamp with one

The right stamp with one short perf and faint crease

Accompanied by a copy of a 2001 BPA Certificate of a block of four from which this single was taken

prepaid by a ¬Ωd yellow-green cancelled by a complete black Altrincham 1908 'X/MAS

Very fine used example sent locally from Spalding to Crowland

(trivial traces of pink backing paper)

SEYCHELLES 1899 SG28 Proof 2c colour trial in orange-brown and black digital-edition The right stamp with one1899 (28 Dec) 2c imperforate colour trial in orange brown and black on unwmkd wove, part o. g. Very fine and rare. [For some unknown reason the 2c value was not included in the new colour scheme of 23 February 1899. When a new printing of the 2c was requisitioned on 22 December 1899 it was recognised that the old colour would clash with a proposed 3c green. A series of colour trials was submitted on 28 December and the approved colour was chosen on 2