Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1489
Sierra Leone 1883 Crown CA Issue 4d. blue block of eight (4x2) from the upper right corner with plate number "1", two stamps lightly hinged at foot, the remainder unmounted mint; hinge remainders in margins and small thin and corner crease at top. A fine, exceptionally rare and important multiple. S.G. 26. Photo Estimate £ 8,000-10,000 provenance: Spink, January 2009
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£10,000