Malaya - Straits Settlements 1902-03 $100 purple and green/yellow, watermark CA, overprinted "SPECIMEN", SG122s.
A fine and fresh mint example with origina gum. Trivial traces of perforation toning on reverse mentioned for accuracy only as this example is much above average for this issue.
A highly sought after King Edward VII high value stamp.
"SPECIMEN" examples were used solely by postal administrations for reference purposes to help spot any attempted forgeries.
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £750.
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