Long Island 1916 2½d black on wove, SG32 British Indian Ocean Territory stamps toothed border around rim both

toothed border around rim both sides

unmounted with full original gum

Very scarce and quite spectacular to find in such exquisite condition

The vest was later acquired directly from the curator of the exhibition

Long Island 1916 2½d black on wove, SG32 British Indian Ocean Territory stamps toothed border around rim bothLong Island 1916 (7 May) 2d black typewritten (carbon) on thin wove with initials in indelible pencil, SG32. A fine mint example. There is some minor paper disturbance from a previous stamp hinge, which has been removed. It, however, remans a fine example as most examples known have condition issues. An extremely rare stamp as only 96 were originally produced (72 carbons + 24 top copies), from which 29 were destroyed as remainders. Gibbs recorded just