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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: 327

Straits Settlements
1906-07 Overprinted on Stamps of Labuan
4c. on 16c. green and brown vertical pair with sheet margin at right, the upper stamp showing varieties "straits/settlements" in both brown-red and black and line through "B", fine with large part original gum. A unique positional piece. B.P.A. Certificate (2003). S.G. 145b/c, £8500++. Photo

Note: The sheets of 100 were printed in settings of fifty, thus each sheet went through the press twice. On one complete sheet and the upper half of a second the overprinting was in red, then it was decided to re-overprint in black in order to be more visible. Therefore this is one of ten possible se-tenant pairs

provenance:
William Frazer, June 2003
Richard Tompkins, November 2006

Sold for
SG$12,000