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Auction: 11043 - Pearls of Arabia
Lot: 1083

French Colonies Port Said 1899 "25c" (inverted) and "vingt-/cinq" on 10c. black and lilac, unmounted mint block of twenty-five (5x5) from the foot of the sheet with "vingt-/cinq" repeated in the margin, fine. A tremendous rarity. The most important item of the French Post Offices in Egypt. S.G. 119a, £27,500. Photo Estimate € 5,000-6,000

Sold for
€7,000