SEYCHELLES 1917 SG84s/97s btwn Specimen KGV 5c to 5r ex Bechuanaland Post office archive digital-edition R7-12/11 on sheet

R7-12/11 on sheet

01" in left margin

- P212012025

with part straight edge at foot

- P234004535

SEYCHELLES 1917 SG84s/97s btwn Specimen KGV 5c to 5r ex Bechuanaland Post office archive digital-edition R7-12/11 on sheet1917 22 5c, 12c, 18c, 25c, 45c, 50c, 1r, and 5r, wmk MCA, opt 'SPECIMEN' (type D12) with additional seriffed 'SPECIMEN' (Bendon type BEC2a) receiving handstamp applied diagonally, traces of o. g. or without gum. A couple of small blemishes (5r with small surface mark) of no real significance as these are the unique examples from the Bechuanaland Post office archive, returned to London in c. 1937. [See Bendon "UPU SPECIMEN STAMPS 1878 1961", p. 24.]