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Auction: 15021 - Rhodesia Double Head Issue from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 362

1910-13 Double Head Issue
Issued Stamps
Perforated 14
Seven Shillings and Sixpence

RSC "C", Carmine-red and (bright) grey-blue, Hook printing
[2-10] corner block of eight with full imprint and sheet number "13", [2] Hook (faint) in Queen's ear, [5] line above King's head, [5/10] with medal "cuts", [7] with mark in "m" of "company", a couple of hinge remainders in margins, all stamps remaining unmounted. A magnificent show piece multiple of great beauty. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Photo

Note: This block was bought by Gerald Simpson out of his naval gratuity at auction in 1946 for the sum of 6 guineas

provenance:
Gerald Simpson, December 1982
Norman Levin, November 1993

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Sold for
£15,000