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Auction: 1020 - Summer Collectors Series - Stamps
Lot: 1899

Antarctica 1934 H.M.S. "Milford" Expedition to Bouvet Island 5ø lilac, 10ø green, 20ø red and 30ø blue each handstamped "bouvet/oya", the 10ø from the upper left corner, the 30ø marginal from the right of the sheet, fresh with large part original gum, the 10ø stamp mounted in margin only. Facit BO1, 3-5, Skr. 7,000 as unmounted Estimate £ 250-300 Note: Records show that the number prepared was as follows: 5ø (400, 268 used), 7ø (100, 69 used), 10ø (1,000, 305 used), 20ø (800,261 used) and 30ø (400, 243 used). An article on these fascinating stamps recently appeared in "The London Philatelist", March 1010 with a Letter to the Editor in the April 2010 issue provenance: Dr. J.H. Harvey Pirie, 1966

Sold for
£200