1877: Surface-Printed 2½ pence rosy mauve, plate 8, lettered LA, Orb wmk., imperforate, fresh colour, left marginal single with good margins all around, unused, overprinted SPECIMEN (Type 9) in black. Scarce and fine.
Remark: All imperforate 2½d. from plate 8 overprinted SPECIMEN originate from an unique sheet AA/PL of which the upper two rows AA/BL are in the N.P.M. London, vol. XXXIII, page 36.
