Rudyard Kipling handwritten manuscript poem King George V stamps Seychelles 1902 45c on 2r25

Seychelles 1902 45c on 2r25 bright mauve and green

as well as features such as Fantasia and Pinocchio

The coin has become known as the 'military guinea' and was the last guinea to be struck

with the autographs standing out superbly against the photograph's white border

Minor wrinkles in margin

Rudyard Kipling handwritten manuscript poem King George V stamps Seychelles 1902 45c on 2r25A unique handwritten, signed manuscript copy of Rudyard Kipling's 1901 poem The Young Queen Written to commemorate the consolidation of Australian Crown Colonies into the Commonwealth of Australia Rudyard Kipling (1865 1936) was an English writer and poet whose most famous works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), The Man Who Would Be King (1888) and If (1910). In 1907 Kipling became the first English language writer awarded the Nobel Prize