FIJI 1912 £3 on £1 purple and black/red REVENUES Transjordan stamps centrally cancelled by type D5

centrally cancelled by type D5 'BRUNEI' circular date stamp

printed from a special plate by De La Rue in December 1884

an exceptional quality set

and punch and ink cancellations bank stamps over the signature

FIJI 1912 £3 on £1 purple and black/red REVENUES Transjordan stamps centrally cancelled by type D5Fiji 1912 King Edward VII 3 on 1 purple and black red, 'R and vertical bar' overprint with additional surcharge in words. Two fine examples used on document piece with two 1914 King George V 2s6d (die I) with similar overprint, tied by blue crayon lines and light M S. A remarkable and rare usage. Barefoot Revenues Catalogue No 26, with 29. Revenue only stamps overprinted with a letter R and a vertical bar were first introduced in Fiji on 1 January