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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1147

Gambia 1869-72 Issue Officially Pen-Cancelled Stamps 4d. pale brown large part sheet of ten with full sheet margins, each horizontal row with official pen cancellation and marked in top margins "N P. Postage Unwatermarked 12 out of sheet", sharp embossing and fresh unused with large part original gum with all but two of the stamps remaining unmounted mint; closed tear in upper right corner, otherwise very fine. An exceptional multiple. Photo Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 provenance: Dale Lichtenstein, October 1990 Len Weldhen, October 2002

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