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Auction: 16034 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1772

Grenada
1881 Revenue Stamps Surcharged
½d. deep mauve variety "alf-penny", unused without gum; upright watermark, centred high and right, good colour. A fine and desirable example of this important rarity of Grenada of which only three have been recorded. This variety has been missing from most of the important collections formed over the years. Bühler Certificate (1981). S.G. 21e, £3,750. Photo

provenance:
W. Danforth Walker, June 2003

Another example of this error featured in the Towers and Lord Vestey collections

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Sold for
£1,700