U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History

**b 1941 (Somalia) surcharges and overprinted "British Occupation" in red or black on Italian East Africa Pictorial Issue, complete set of nine in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Diena. A rare set of blocks (Sass.1-9, Euro 22,500+) (printed in Mogadiscio on the orders of the South African forces that captured the region but never issued due to objections from the British authorities, virtually all the stamps being destroyed. Unlisted by Gibbons but mentioned in the Robson Lowe Encyclopedia)