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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: 1164

Labuan
1891-92 Surcharges
6c. in black on 8c. mauve, 1mm. setting, a marginal strip of five being the lower row of the sheet, variety imperforate between [6] and [7] and imperforate between [6] and margin, unused without gum, the margins very much truncated and perfs re-inforced between stamps. Extremely rare. S.G. 35j, £18,000. Photo

Note: The only other recorded example of this variety is [1-2] which is in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen

provenance:
"Walter Bickly", July 2011

Sold for
SG$13,000