Great Britain 1911 6d bright magenta, SG296 King George VI stamps Backstamped with a London dispatch

Backstamped with a London dispatch circular datestamp for MY

who emigrated from Poland in 1889

Selenkos II AR 4dr 305/304 Selakin

The card features two gold embossed crests on the front

Great Britain 1911 6d bright magenta, SG296 King George VI stamps Backstamped with a London dispatchGreat Britain 1911 6d bright magenta (chalk surfaced paper), SG296. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom right hand corner marginal example printed at Somerset House. A very rare King Edward VII stamp and seldom seen so fine and in this positional form. The ink used reacted with the chalky surface of the paper and caused a variation in the colour. As a consequence, the paper itself fluoresces bright lemon under long wave ultraviolet