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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1616

Somaliland 1904 King Edward VII Issue Imperforate Colour Trials 1903 (6 Jan.) "Appendix B" in four parts and eight loose proofs, comprising 1/2a. with doubly fugitive (7) and single fugitive (8, those not mounted) heads, and 1r. with doubly fugitive (3) and singly fugitive (8) heads, a variety of colour combinations with three of the loose 1/2a. values in mono-colours of green, red and bright blue which were eventually used for the 1912 1/2a., 1a. and 2 1/2a. Photo Estimate £ 5,000-6,000

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£5,200