Great Britain 1840 1d Deep blue 'Rainbow trial' (State 3). SG DP20 Samoa stamps Includes a postcard signed by

Includes a postcard signed by anvil priest Richard Rennison and an original blank marriage certificate signed by anvil priest Peter Dickson

with less than twenty examples being recorded

6” off white card with a printed maroon border

This was caused by the sheet being impressed by the frame plate once without ink leaving a raised "blind" or "albino" impression

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Great Britain 1840 1d Deep blue 'Rainbow trial' (State 3). SG DP20 Samoa stamps Includes a postcard signed byGreat Britain 1840 1d Deep blue 'Rainbow trial' State 3(a), SG DP20. Superb unused bottom left hand corner marginal example with manuscript endorsement to margin 'F' Pruss' by Edwin Hill. These were produced to test various combinations of stamp and cancellation ink. The voided corners of State 3 are more uniform in shape compared with the ragged corners of States 1 and 2. Most attractive and scarce. Accompanied with a 1996 Royal Philatelic Society