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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1142

Cape of Good Hope Mafeking A Very Rare Multiple From The Royal Philatelic Collection 1900 produced photographically, 1d. deep blue on blue, the left half of a sheet with full margins on three sides the lower right stamp, [10], showing "cracked plate" variety, fresh and fine unused with large part or full original gum. An extremely rare multiple with only three complete sheets recorded, one of which is from an early printing prior to the deterioration of the plate. S.G. 18. R.P.S. Certificate (2008). Photo Estimate £ 15,000-18,000 provenance: The Royal Philatelic Collection, 2008

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