CYPRUS 1881 6pi olive-grey, SG15 Maldive Islands stamps as usually found

as usually found

and then taken to their home at Juhu Beach

showing guidelines and part reversed inscriptions in the surround

Malaya - Perak 1887-89 1c on 2c pale rose

Very fine unused imperforate example lettered BK

CYPRUS 1881 6pi olive-grey, SG15 Maldive Islands stamps as usually foundCyprus 1881 6pi olive grey, Watermark CC, neatly cancelled by bold large part '969.' of Nicosia, SG15. A fine used example and much above average for this scarce high denomination stamp. The 6pi value fulfilled higher rate postal and fiscal purposes, including heavier overseas correspondence, registered mail and official usage. As a result, used examples are scarcer than their catalogue value would suggest. The bold 969. numeral cancellation is the