CAYMAN ISLANDS 1917 'WAR STAMP' 1½d on 2½d deep blue, SG55 Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika the money never arrived but

the money never arrived but the painting was sent a week later (with a drawn £20 note)

'Hope seated with Vine and Ram'

Sun Yat-sen (12 November 1866 - 12 March 1925) was a Chinese politician

with The Times ranking him as number three on the list of the 50 greatest writers since 1945

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CAYMAN ISLANDS 1917 'WAR STAMP' 1½d on 2½d deep blue, SG55 Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika the money never arrived butCayman Islands 1917 'WAR STAMP' 1d on 2d deep blue, type 16 surcharge, SG55. Fine fresh appearance mint example with original gum. Faintly yellowish gum as often the case, and one perforation with trace of toning on reverse, yet much above average for this very rare stamp. Only 420 were issued in error. The printers, De La Rue, recognised that the surcharge did not adequately obliterate the original face value and they were replaced with a more