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Auction: 18030 - Brunei, The Collection formed by Bill Toye
Lot: 30

Brunei
1906 Overprinted on Stamps of Labuan
Issued Stamps
1c. black and purple error overprint in black on 1907 (14 Aug.) envelope addressed to R. Roberts, c/o Resident bearing a vertical strip of three cancelled by Brunei c.d.s. in dark blue with a further strike on the reverse. The lower stamp shows the "olo" retouch of position [80]. The envelope has a small corner repair which barely detracts from the importance of this extraordinary cover; paying the correct local postage rate. This is probably one of the most important covers of Brunei postal history. Photo

These stamps were used three and a half months after thier discovery and were probably given to Mr Roberts by the Resident as a gift

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£10,000