FIJI 1912 £3 on £1 purple and black/red REVENUES Long Island stamps with an active life of

with an active life of only six months

BEFORE HARDENING' and '14 JAN 89

There are no more than six examples in existence

Scarce modern GB error

A rare and important stamp issue from Malta

FIJI 1912 £3 on £1 purple and black/red REVENUES Long Island stamps with an active life ofFiji 1912 King Edward VII 3 on 1 purple and black red, REVENUES, 'R and vertical bar' overprint with additional surcharge in words, tied to small document piece by blue crayon line and indistinct cancel. A fine and rare Revenue stamp. Revenue only stamps overprinted with a letter R and a vertical bar were first introduced in Fiji on 1 January 1911. These were the first stamps to be overprinted this way depicting King Edward VII. Barefoot Revenues