SAINT LUCIA 1967 (VARIETY) 1C QUEEN ELIZABETH II WITH DOUBLE 'STATEHOOD' OVERPRINT, ONE INVERTED
1c Queen Elizabeth II provisional off-piece with double 'STATEHOOD' overprint, one in red and one inverted in black. The red overprint officially available from 10 May 1967 and the black unadopted. Very scarce. Fine used. SG197var; SC182var
Note: overprinted locally by Art Printery in Castries from dies supplied by Harrison – the version with month in full was officially adopted, but scarce examples exist of the unadopted die with abbreviated month. Although official release of the adopted 1c was 10 May 1967, both adopted and unadopted provisionals were unofficially available from 1 March 1967
