U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 11-12, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1130 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO 1914 2m blue, overprinted "Togo Anglo-French Occupation", 3mm spacing, position 4, variety overprint misplaced downward reading "Togo Anglo-French" only, with a further overprint "Occupation" at top, used on piece and cancelled "Lome 4.10.1914". The overprint on one sheet of twenty was applied low and slightly diagonal, with the word "Occupation" cut off completely on this one stamp (cut off or transposed on the other 19 according to their position on the sheet). The printers corrected the error by overprinting them a second time with the word "Occupation" only. This is a unique variety of this rare error, with Holcombe certificate O Catalog #SG H11a,var | Unsold |
