. RE31200
Sri Lanka
02.03.1893
| Catalog no. | RE31200 |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Date | 02.03.1893 |
| Face value | 5 (blassviolettbraun) |
| Category | 1.5.0 Sales / Advertising |
| Type | cinderella |
| MICHEL no. | no permission - if interested contact  |
| SCOTT no. | no permission - if interested contact |
| YVERT no. | - |
| Remark | Vertrieb/Werbung private OVP / overprint "CAVE" in black, The H. W. Cave & Co Ltd was founded in 1876 by Henry W. Cave in Colombo/Ceylon - selling books, musical instruments, … Later Cave Co. included sporting goods with Rickshaws, billiard-tables, Singer and Allday’s bicycles, … Ariel Works from Birmingham made cycles under the 'Arrow' name for H.W. Cave. In addition to using a variety of overprint styles between 1884 and 1908, they also used the CAVE / COLOMBO perfin on issues of 1872-1880 and the CAVE perfin from about 1912 to 1963. These private overprints, similar to private "perfins," were intended to prevent theft of stamps for non-business use by employees. They are the private equivalents of various official overprints such as "On Service". |
| BS Magazine | - |
| Link | Arrow made by Ariel Works |