Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1148
Gambia 1869-72 Issue Officially Pen-Cancelled Stamps 6d. deep blue upper right corner block of six (3x2) with full sheet margins, each horizontal row with official pen cancellation, sharp embossing and fresh unused with large part original gum with the stamps remaining unmounted mint; minor thins in right margin, otherwise very fine. An exceptional multiple. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance: Dale Lichtenstein, October 1990 Len Weldhen, October 2002
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£8,000