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Auction: 15041 - The "Sentosa" Collection of Straits Settlements, Malayan States, Labuan, North Borneo and Sarawak sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 124

Straits Settlements
1880 (Mar.) "10/cents." on 30c. Claret
Mint
Types "b" and "c" in a horizontal pair with wing-margin at right, [53-54], unused with large part original gum and showing the trimming of the interpanneau margin of the right hand pane; some minor tone marks on reverse otherwise fine. A very rare multiple. B.P.A. Certificate (2003). S.G. 23/24, £11,550+. Photo

Note: Type "b" occurs twenty-two times in the setting, type "c" occurs twice, [54] and [60]

provenance:
H.P. Manus, 1933
Dr. F.E. Wood, December 1964
William Frazer, June 2003
Richard Tompkins, November 2006

Sold for
SG$11,500