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Overprints on Revenue Issues 1897

The 2½d on 2s overprinted stamps are very rare, with three of the different          Sierra Leone
items only having eight copies printed. Due to their rarity and high price tag        2½d on 2s
- one example of each type has a combined SG catalogue value of £179,000
in 2016 - whenever these issues appear at auction they are almost always           Frank L. Walton FRPSL
illustrated. This has enabled a major research project to attempt to reconstruct
the four sheets as originally issued. The second edition of the published results           West Africa Study Circle
(Sierra Leone 2½d on 2s, WASC, 2015) has identified 147 of the 240 different                            2015
stamps. It is remarkable that not one single example of a forged stamps has ever
been encountered.                                                                                        Second Edition

The Four Part-Reconstructed Sheets
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