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MILITARY MALL.
West India Regiment.

Po~ter- M-WIR 1.
0 ~
This ite~ relaiing to tne West lndia Regiment is a

11 perfin" security marking applied to sotne of ine sta\1ips
of Sierra Leone whils~ ihe 2nd ~a alioh o£ tbat Recimeht
-were. otl. active serv.ic.e the.re durin.g tne r'i rst and Second

Ashanti Wars . 'rhe per£in has the notation "2/WIR" , and
i s ~corded on the 1d ahd 2id va~ues of the first key

pla-te. issue of Queeh Victor-ia o.f 1896 and on the '2l.a, 3d
alld 6d value~ of -the sec.ond key plate issue of tbe Queen
of 1896. The perfin i ~ also re corded on tbe 1903 1d

value o£ the Kitlg ~dward VII issue, hut all these items
are scarce and extremely rare on cover .
BKD; 4/~/ 1 o~L LKP: 4 1 1 0 1 1 B9~

Example oi the periin on tne 21d value of ~he firsi key

plate issue of Queen Victoria of 1896 .