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Auction: 16034 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1601

British East Africa
1890-95 4a. grey imperforate horizontal pair showing spectacular part of papermaker's watermark, unused without gum; very slightly discoloured between the stamps from hinges, otherwise fine. Very rare with only two sheets of sixty printed. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 10, £2400. Photo

Note: Of the two sheets of sixty printed it is felt that one was gummed and the other, from which the above pair was taken, remained ungummed.

provenance:
"Shivani", May 1997

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Sold for
£580