The reason someone try to add the red SI cut out to the stamp is because the stamp with the purple letter SIX is not as valuable as the red colored printed value . Here is a example from my collection of the two different types .
Here is a different part of the German seapost cancel on a Lagos stamp from my collection .
Quote: The reason someone try to add the red SI cut out to the stamp is because the stamp with the purple letter SIX is not as valuable as the red colored printed value
Possible, but it might also be because he just did not have his lilac biro at hand.
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