New Guinea 1914 Marshall Islands 2s on 2m blue, SG60 Stamp Booklets The earliest printing date known

The earliest printing date known with embossing

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still an exceptional example

New Guinea 1914 Marshall Islands 2s on 2m blue, SG60 Stamp Booklets The earliest printing date knownNew Guinea 1914 Marshall Islands 2s on 2m blue, 3 4mm spacing from Setting 3, position 4, SG60. A fine mint example with large part original gum. Centred slightly to upper left though still very fine for this issue. When the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force occupied German New Guinea in 1914, it overprinted existing stocks of the German New Guinea Marshall Islands stamps with the initials "G. R. I." (Georgius Rex Imperator), referring