Lot 170 Australia - South Australia SG#299a 4d Olive , 1906-1912 Long Stamps Issue, A Very Fine Used Single, Perf 12, Crown Over A Wmk, SON Boxed FEI Cancel (Italian Maritime Postal Marking).
A very fine used single of the 4d olive from the 1906-1912 Long Stamps Issue, perf 12, crown over a wmk, SON boxed FEI cancel (italian maritime postal marking).
The marking stands for Febbraio (February) In Italian. In all likelihood the postal clerk forgot to cancel the stamp, so the clerk at the Italian port of Entry cancelled the stamp.
Gibbons doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $45. The stamp offered here grades 75 as follows:
