SWAZILAND 1947 Royal Visit set of 4 to 1s Specimens, SG42s/5s Singapore stamps Head die 'B'

Head die 'B'

Princess Sophia was one of King George III’s four daughters and thus an aunt to Queen Victoria

It features the same artwork as the first book in the series

The odd slightly shortish perforations

Captain Mostyn Field of the Royal Navy Survey ship HMS Penguin was surveying the islands of the Western Pacific for the routing of a proposed new telegraphic cable with a secondary objective to deliver the "Funafuti Coral Reef Boring Expedition of the Royal Society" to Funafuti (Vanuatu archipelago) to test Charles Darwin's hypothesis for the formation of coral atolls

SWAZILAND 1947 Royal Visit set of 4 to 1s Specimens, SG42s/5s Singapore stamps Head die 'B'Swaziland 1947 Royal Visit set of 4 to 1s, perforated 'SPECIMEN' (type W9), SG42 5s. A brilliant quality mint set with original gum. The 1s has a few shortish perforations, but a very fine quality set and far above average. Very scarce as multiples. These "SPECIMEN" examples were used solely by postal administrations for reference purposes to help spot any attempted forgeries. A beautiful stamp issue celebrating the visit of the Royal Family on March