"To the king o[u]r Soveraigne Lorde
this was Lennon's last journey outside of the United States
as most of the printing will have been destroyed in 1952
lower left corner block of 4 from Dec
when the French were defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
Cyprus 1880 ½d rose SG1 Aden stamps "To the king o[u]r SoveraigneCyprus 1880 (1 Apr) d rose, type 1 overprint on GB, plate 19, lettered "JE" , fresh colour with above average centring, excellent perforations and full original gum (with just a trace of hingeing). Minor toning but an attractive and desirable example of this key rarity, much above average, with impressive provenance and associations, being the right stamp of the horizontal pair formerly in the Richardson collection (RL 6 7 1960, lot 157), which was