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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1652

Somaliland Official Stamps 1903 Issue overprinted "o.h.m.s." 1/2a. dull green and green, 1a. grey-black and carmine, 2a. dull and bright purple (CA), 2a. dull and bright purple (MCA) and 8a. grey-black and pale blue upper right corner blocks of four, each showing early stages of the variety no stop after "m", the 1/2a., 1a. and MCA 2a. with interpanneau margin at right, the 2a. and 8a. with full sheet margin; the left vertical pair of the 1a. with a crease, otherwise fine mint and mounted in the margin only. A rare group. S.G. O10-14, £1,555+. Photo for CA 2a. Estimate £ 1,500-2,000 provenance: Sir John Inglefield-Watson, October 2007

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