Lot
135 
St. Lucia, Postage Due, 1931, 1d black on blue, used on 1932 light blue cover bearing New Guinea "O.S." 1d green tied by "Rabaul, New Guinea" cds to St. Lucia, red crayon "Tax 2d" rating and St. Lucia dues affixed and tied by "Castries, St. Lucia 3 SP 32" cds, Very Fine. Scott Nos. J1a, J1 var. SG Nos. D1b, D1d £4,250 + on cover ($6,880).
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE USE OF THE ST. LUCIA 1931 TYPESET POSTAGE DUES WITH TWO DIFFERENT VARIETIES.
These two varieties are known from the third printing that were numbered 12001 to 24000. The wide "No." variety occurred on all stamps on row 10 and the missing stop after "Lucia" variety occurs on position R. 9/2 only.
Realized: $1,050