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Auction: 18028 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire Part VIII
Lot: 1700

(x) Malaya and States
Straits Settlements
1885-1941 remarkable run of sixteen sets and singles each overprinted or perforated "specimen", including 1885 3c. on 32c. magenta, 1892-99 set of ten, 1902-03 set of twelve, 1906-12 set of fifteen, KGV long sets with $25, 1921 prepared but unissued 8c. carmine, KGVI to $5 and 1924 Postage Due set. Some faults (most due to archive storage), still a remarkable and very rare assembly with catalogue value in excess of £9,000.

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