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Auction: 16034 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1602

British East Africa
1891 "½ anna" in manuscript on 2a. vermilion from the top of the sheet, initialled "AB", unused without gum; corner crease at upper right and small tear at foot. A presentable example of this very rare stamp of which five unused examples are recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2013). S.G. 23, £11,000. Photo

provenance:
Howard and Torie Gibralter Estate, September 2000

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Sold for
£1,800