Great Britain 1902 1s dull green & carmine (Board of Education), SGO87.
The magnificent and unique unmounted mint, with full original gum, marginal example of this rare Government departmental issue and one of the great rarities of GB philately.
There are only four examples believed to exist and this is considered the finest of those examples. A light gum bend is mentioned purely for accuracy and does not detract from its exceptional quality.
Accompanied with two independent certificates of authenticity: 1992 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) and 2007 British Philatelic Association (BPA).
From 1882 to 1904 various Government departments overprinted stamps which were then current, for official use.
The stamps overprinted for The Board of Education were first issued in the reign of King Edward VII, available on 19 February 1902. The 5d and 1s stamps were not ready at that time and stamps bearing Queen Victoria's portrait were used.
The majority were destroyed on the 14th of May 1904 when the general issue of the Officials ceased. The 1s stamps were never officially issued. However, one or two of the 1s were used by some high official and a very few of the 5d were also used.
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