Malaya - Straits Settlements 1921-23 $25 purple and blue/blue, SG240b Tristan da Cunha stamps particularly as the printing was

particularly as the printing was on thin paper meaning few examples survive in fine condition

Jeremy Beadle

Fold at the centre

neatly cancelled by part strikes of 'REG' circular date stamps

with a "T/80/Centimes" and a "8d/F

Malaya - Straits Settlements 1921-23 $25 purple and blue/blue, SG240b Tristan da Cunha stamps particularly as the printing wasMalaya Straits Settlements 1921 33 $25 purple and blue blue, script watermark, SG240b. A fine and fresh mint example with large part original gum. A couple of the perforations are slightly shortish and there is a minor gum wrinkle, neither of which detract from what is one of the finest examples your could hope for of this difficult to find high value stamp. A very scarce King George V high value stamp. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is 1,500.