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Auction: 1020 - Summer Collectors Series - Stamps
Lot: 2312

Orange Free State 1881 "1d" on 5/- Green Surcharges Second Setting A complete left-hand pane of sixty (6x10) with wing-margin at right and comprising S.G. Types b (22), c (5), d (30) and e (3, being three of the four recorded type e´s), ten stamps showing broken bar, twelve with large stops and [30] with spaced stop, large part original gum; a few light fox marks in places and some perfs. severed and re-enforced, nevertheless a spectacular multiple and the only complete left-hand pane recorded. S.G. 22-25, £6,920+. Photo Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 Note: Two right-hand panes are recorded in the Tapling and Durell collections provenance: Abbot

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