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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1151

Gambia 1869-72 Issue Specimen and Cancelled Stamps 4d. brown and 6d. deep blue, each with large margins and overprinted "cancelled" (Samuel D7), affixed to piece, ex the De La Rue archives, marked "Embossed Stamps". Superb. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 Note: These stamps were attached to an 1877 (18 June) document, submitted by De La Rue to the Inspector General of the Chinese Maritime Customs in London, as examples of embossed stamps produced by the company provenance: De La Rue Archives, November 1976 Len Weldhen, October 2002

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