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Auction: 15042 - Windward Islands and British Guiana, British Honduras, Cayman Islands and Jamaica from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 585

Tobago
1891-92 Surcharge Issue
"2½ pence" on 4d. grey marginal block of eight from the right of the sheet, the centre block of four variety surcharge double, fresh unmounted mint. A remarkable block and arguably the most important of all the Tobago surcharge varieties. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 31, 31b, £14,000+. Photo

Note: Other than the vertical strip of four in the Royal Philatelic Collection and the block of four, vertical strip of three and pair that follow, these are the sole recorded examples of the surcharge double variety that are known. The whereabouts of the other two possible examples are unknown

provenance:
"Forsyth", March 1978
Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005

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Sold for
£8,500