Lot no. 2867

1876/77, Govt. Printing: 1 p. grey-blue on wove paper with monogram "VR" overprint, horizontal pair imperforate vertically, handsome mint example of this popular variety, but more important is that this is the doubly printed variety of the basic stamp as well, portions of the lighter second print show in the margins and other white areas, the pair is well centered, unused regummed, few tiny short perfs, otherwise fine and very scarce. In PROFI archive two such pairs are recorded.