Great Britain 1851 2d violet blue on thick Iavender tinted paper Plate 4, SG15aa Seychelles stamps Scarce watermark variety of the

Scarce watermark variety of the stamp issued to celebrate the official opening of Port Stanley Airport on 1 May

each with a different design

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it is much finer and fresher than usually found

Dr Andres gifted the box to Herbert Clews

Great Britain 1851 2d violet blue on thick Iavender tinted paper Plate 4, SG15aa Seychelles stamps Scarce watermark variety of theThe rarest shade of the 2d Blue The 2d Violet Blue. Less than 20 known surviving mint examples Great Britain 1851 2d violet blue on thick Iavender tinted paper Plate 4, SG15aa. A superb unused, with original gum, good to large four margin example Ieltered 'RF' of this rare shade variety. Beautiful fresh colour and gum. In 1851 a few sheets of the new Twopenny Blue were printed and something went wrong The printing ink reacted with a bleaching agent in