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| Country: Ceylon Clear Subject: On another country Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | ADEN postmark/cancel on CEYLON stamp (SQC) FE 7 95 on QV 30c (SG.247). £60 |
;) | COLOMBO PAQUEBOT, Ceylon postmark on MALTA stamp dated FE 13 23 on ½d (SG.124). £20 |
;) ;) ;) | KURUNEGALA, Ceylon postmark on forged ST. VINCENT stamp 1899 QV 5/- green & blue (SG.75, Cat.£170 used), a forgery believed to have been cleverly executed by the Belgian forger Dr Julian Smeets by bleaching out the design of used copies of the 1886 Ceylon QV 5c dull purple (SG.195) to a give a "blank" CA wmk P.14 stamp; only immediately given away by the indelible ink KURUNEGALA (Ceylon) and MR 24 95 dated cds which could not be removed. Few examples show trace of original design in the value tablet. £100 |
;) | ST. LUCIA (Smeets forgery) stamps: 1885 QV 1/- orange-brown (SG.36), a forgery believed to have been cleverly executed by the Belgian forger Smeets by bleaching out the design of used copies of the 1886 Ceylon QV 5c dull purple (SG.195) to a give a "blank" CA wmk P.14 stamp; only immediately given away by the indelible ink KOTAGALA (Ceylon) OC 19 97 cds which could not be removed. £140 |