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Auction: 15021 - Rhodesia Double Head Issue from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 389

1910-13 Double Head Issue
Issued Stamps
Perforated 14
One Pound
S.G. 166b, Error, Scarlet and reddish mauve, Long Gash printing
[1-7] corner block of four with small part imprint, [2] Long gash in Queen's ear, fresh rich and bright colours, large part original gum; the upper pair with a light diagonal gum crease

A monumental rarity with only one other item, the corner pair ex Uria, known with Gash in Queen's ear

A wonderful showpiece and arguably the most important item in the whole of the Double Head Issue

B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Photo


provenance:
John H. Sinton, December 1955
Norman Levin, November 1993

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Sold for
£48,000