In 1924 three provisionals of the English issue and four provisionals of the French issue were printed for carrying out the provisions of the International Postal Convention.
Engraving: Leonard Vincent Phillips
Design: J. Giraud
Printing: Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd.
Surcharge printing: Government Suva - Fiji
First Day: 1 March 1924 ♦ first day recorded: 1 May 1924
Perforation: 14
This series does not exist with an official overprint "SPECIMEN".
Quantities: 1d on ½d: 26,910 ♦ 3d on 1d: 44,940 ♦ 5d on 2½d: 20,820
Quantities: 10c on 5c: 45,000 ♦ 30c on 10c: 44,940 ♦ 50c on 25c CA: 3,720 ♦ 50c on 25c RF: 23,130
The 1924 British provisional overprint stamps handstamped SPECIMEN
![1924 wm Mult. Crown CA 1d on ½d 1924 1d on ½d](./mini/mgs40.jpg)
![1921 wm Mult. Script CA 3d on 1d 1924 3d on 1d](./mini/mgs41.jpg)
![1921 wm Mult. Crown CA 5d on 2½d 1924 5d on 2½d](./mini/mgs42.jpg)
The seriffed word "SPECIMEN" is applied diagonally reading down (twice on the 5d).
The stamps "are believed to have originated from a UPU archival source".
Not recorded by Hals & Collas. (Klinger coll.)
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