SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE 1903 3a brown-orange, variety, SG5b Bermuda stamps Also featuring a good copy

Also featuring a good copy of an illustration from a 1937 pamphlet (the original is also included)

Accompanied by a British Philatelic Association certificate of authenticity (2003)

from eight vignette plates

Gurkha officer Rambahadur Limbu's autograph lies diagonally across the upper left portion of the document

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SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE 1903 3a brown-orange, variety, SG5b Bermuda stamps Also featuring a good copySomaliland Protectorate 1903 3a brown orange, overprint at top, variety '1' for first 'I' in 'BRITISH' (R6 4, upper pane), SG5b. A very fine mint example with fresh colour and large part original gum. Couple of slightly shortish perforations, mentioned purely for accuracy. An extremely rare and unusual variety with a maximum of only 66 possible. The Protectorate Post Office was established on 1 June 1903, when control of British Somaliland was