Great Britain 1851 2d violet blue Plate 4, SG15aa Rhodesia and Nyasaland stamps During this period he was

During this period he was much occupied with safeguarding the north-west from Persians and Central Asian Turks and less so with the Maratha chlef Shivaji

Showing part sheet inscription and plate number "178"

George Tupuo I declared the abolition of serfdom in the official emancipation edict as part of his 1862 Code of Laws

A very fine used example sent from London to Killarney neatly cancelled by a red Maltese Cross with a "Sth

Great Britain 1851 2d Violet blue (Thicker lavender tinted paper) Plate 4

Great Britain 1851 2d violet blue Plate 4, SG15aa Rhodesia and Nyasaland stamps During this period he wasGreat Britain 1851 2d violet blue Plate 4, SG15aa. A superb used four margin example lettered 'JA' on thicker lavender tinted paper, with part sheet margin and inscription at left and large part adjoining stamp at right. Neatly cancelled by a Derry "172" numeral. An exceptional example of this rare colour shade. Accompanied with a 2006 David Brandon certificate of authenticity. In 1851 a few sheets of the new Twopenny Blue were printed and something