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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1661

Somaliland Official Stamps 1903 Issue overprinted "o.h.m.s." 1r. green cancelled with Berbera c.d.s. for 10 February 1905 and affixed to small piece. Fine and very rare with only a handful of examples believed to exist. S.G. O15, £650. Photo Estimate £ 400-500 Note: For many years, there was a footnote in the S.G. catalogue where it was stated that "we have had three used copies on a portion of an Official envelope". A photograph of this portion was discovered in 1976 and the stamp offered above is the centre stamp of the three provenance: Alan Richardson, July 1976

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£550