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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: 1120

Labuan
1881 (June) "Eight Cents" on 12c. Carmine
A top left corner example, variety surcharge inverted. Superb mint. S.G. 15b, £15,000. Photo

Note: Only one sheet of ten had the surcharge inverted, of which a vertical pair from the right of the sheet is in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen.

provenance:
Colonel J.R. Danson, June 1971
Spink auction, March 1997

Sold for
SG$7,500