Very fine unmounted mint with full original gum top marginal block of four imperforate imprimaturs with 'NPM IMPRIMATUR' hand stamped on reverse
Extremely Fine and graded 65 by London Coins Grading Service and in their holder
and gruesome photographs of the accident scene pictured it amongst the wreckage of her car – leading to an urban myth that she had been decapitated in the car crash
Some countries simply overprinted the British stamps
with only the marginal line and crown visible
VIRGIN ISLANDS 1867-70 4d engraved die proof in green, SG15 Uganda stamps Very fine unmounted mint with400. 00 Virgin Islands 1867 70 4d engraved die proof in green, on card (44x47mm), SG15. A fine and very scarce die proof printed from the master die in this large format. A rare printing proof of the first and most famous stamp issue from the British Virgin Islands. The stamp features a depiction of Saint Ursula who, according to legend, had 11,000 virginal handmaidens, after whom the islands had been named. Provenance: Ex William Frazer (Spink