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Auction: 15047 - Bermuda from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 25

Bermuda
1874 Three Pence Provisionals
"THREE PENCE" in fancy Italic Capitals with plain "P" in "PENCE" on 1d. Rose-Red
A wing-margin block of six (2x3), [22-36], [30] and [36] showing partially doubled strikes, fresh unused with large part original gum. The largest recorded multiple of this rare stamp. S.G. 12, £108,000+. Photo

Note: A lower left pane of sixty was surcharged. Though not authorised for postal use, a few were later used. These fascinating stamps are fully described on pages 247-251 of the Ludington handbook with this block illustrated on page 245

provenance:
Morris H. Ludington, June 1999
David J. Saul, October 2013


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Sold for
£40,000