Type ? (Unlisted by S.G.)

This overprint is from the firm M. J. Ellingsen.

They were a Shipbroker, Coal Exporter and Commission Agent operating from:

    2 Commercial Street,
    Leith.

This, currently unlisted, overprint is an unofficial overprint in red.
The overprint is believed to have been in use from around 1884 (as the 2 1/2d lilac was put to press in 1884).

1884. Unofficial overprint type ?? (unlisted) in red.

PP? (unlisted) 2 1/2d lilac (SG190 or K20) used on cover.