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Auction: 11043 - Pearls of Arabia
Lot: 1291

Yemen A huge, practically all mint, duplicated stock housed in thirteen large Lighthouse albums contained in three cartons, tens of thousands, including 1926 2 1/2b. black on orange, 5b., 1930 1i. blue and brown (S.G. 9, £39/Yvert 6, €30, 16,000 in mint sheets), 1931 changed colours 8b. claret (S.G. 17, £3.25/Yvert 14, €2.50, 6,000 in mint sheets), 10b. orange-brown (S.G. 18, £4.50/Yvert 15, €3, 2,000 in mint sheets), 1939 Arab Alliance 1i. scarlet, olive-green and claret (S.G. 40, £12.50/Yvert 23, €12.50, 12,500), total Catalogue for these four S.G. £865,000/Yvert €657,250, later issues with imperforates, miniature sheets, appendix items, etc., fine. Buyer to collect Estimate € 8,000-10,000

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€8,000