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Overprints on Revenue Issues 1897
1897 POSTAGE & REVENUE on One Penny Revenue Issue. CA over Crown Watermark. Perf 14.
A letter from the Acting Colonial Postmaster states that 240 sheets of 120 stamps were printed. Each sheet
actually has just 60 stamps, so it is not clear whether 28,800 or 14,400 were produced. All stamps were printed
from Plate 1.
.
28,800 or 14,400
22 November 1897 - Strip of three overprinted stamps on registered cover to the United Kingdom
Rate 2½d postage plus 2d registration fee, total 4½d.
