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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 2950

(x) South West Africa
1924 (Dec.)-27 (Feb.) Settings VI and VIa
This issue was overprinted in complete sheets of 240 with initially "South West Africa" 16½mm. long on the upper two panes and 16mm. on the lower two panes. This order was subsequently reversed. For printings from 8 November 1926 all four panes had the 16½mm. measurement
Setting VI Measuring 16mm.
Collection comprising ½d. Plate 7 panes of sixty (2), Plate 7 blocks of forty-eight and twenty-four, Plate 7 corner blocks of four and two pairs, 1d. Plate 6 pane of sixty, blocks of forty-eight, thirty-six, twelve, eight (3, one with overprints a little misplaced), four (9, three with plate numbers), a strip of six and pairs (6), 2d. pane of sixty, blocks of six, four (4, three with plate number) and a pair with plate number, 3d. ultramarine blocks of four (2, one with plate number) and a pair with plate number, 3d. deep bright blue blocks of twelve (2, one with plate number), six (2), four (2) and a pair, 1/3d. corner plate number pairs (2), 2/6d. corner plate number pairs (2), 5/- corner plate number block of four and a corner plate number pair, 10/- and £1 green and red pairs (2), mint and generally fine

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