NEW REPUBLIC 1886 SG42a Mint 10s violet on blue granite dated 2 JUL 86 tete-beche pair digital-edition still well above average for

still well above average for this popular and sought-after high value

Bearing a blue-green crowned 'LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD' handstamp with a red Official Paid London cds alongside for SP

neatly cancelled by a black "NEWTON MEARNS" Scots local cancellation (Type III)

From the small August 1935 second printing (193 sheets only

[Union Handbook O23

NEW REPUBLIC 1886 SG42a Mint 10s violet on blue granite dated 2 JUL 86 tete-beche pair digital-edition still well above average for1886 87 10s violet on blue granite paper, dated '12 JUL 86', vertical tete beche pair, fresh large part o. g. One stamp with slight imperfections (tiny gum thin, gum soaked perfs) but a rarity, with only nine pairs recorded by Jonkers. Clear PF cert (1989). (cat 475) P212021549