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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: 1590

Sarawak
1923 (Jan.) Surcharges
Second Printing, Bars ¾mm. Apart
1c. on 10c. bright blue complete pane of sixty (6x10), R.9/5 with variety "en" of "cent" scratched out and "ne" overprinted, mint with nearly all the stamps, including the variety, unmounted; the odd faint trace of a tone. A very rare multiple. S.G. 74c, 74ca, £19,620. Photo

Note: The "cnet" error occurred on R.9/5 of all sheets from the first printing of the 1c. on 10c. A single example of the error is known from the second printing but the error was then corrected, only to have the correct spelling scratched out by a local employee and "ne" substituted

Sold for
SG$6,500