1c-3c Louisiana Purchase, "ULTRAMAR" Ovpt. (323S-325S). Original gum, old certificates call the 1c "sweated" and the 2c-3c "part o.g." but the gum is essentially full on all three, clear overprints, 1c small corner crease and 2c tiny tear, appear Fine, very rare, the Portuguese Ministry for the Colonies applied the "Ultramar" overprint, meaning "overseas", upon receipt of the stamps from U.P.U. headquarters in Berne, between 1900 and 1910 the stamps were distributed to the various colonies with this overprint, with a few exceptions this was replaced with "Colonias" in 1911, these are the first Louisiana Purchase stamps listed in Power Search, with 1983 P.F. certificates

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