Southern Rhodesia Specimen

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All stamps were overprinted as below together with a small security punch hole.  These stamps were never supplied for U.P.U distribution. </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="603" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 165 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="8f9f49f0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="159" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                    <B>                               </B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="296"><div>  <B>1d  Red Brown and Blue  </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><div> <B>1d Purple</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 180 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8faf4a10.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="296"><div> <B>2d Green and Purple</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><div> <B>3d Purple Green-Brown</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="24bfaa50.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> The position security punch varied</div> <bR> <div> A local specimen overprint set apparently was issued through the Universal Postal Union. It appears that the stamps were stuck on a piece of paper and overprinted "Specimen" in black on the 1d and 3d stamps and in violet on the 2d and 6d stamps. No security hole punch was used. (Flagstaff #5. Spring 1989 page 48)</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>