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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1709

(x) Malaya
British Military Administration
1945-48 25c. dull purple and scarlet, ordinary paper, an unmounted mint block of twenty (10x2) with margins at ends being rows three and four of the sheet, stamps 1, 2 and 10 in both rows showing variety overprint double, the remaining stamps all showing variety overprint double, one albino, and the stamps in columns 4-9 also show traces of an offset on face.; some folded vertical perfs and insignificant traces of gum toning. A magnificent showpiece of the highest importance and rarity, almost certainly the largest multiple extant. B.P.A. Certificate (2007. S.G. 13ab/ad, £60,000+. Photo

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Sold for
£16,000

Sale 19015 Notices
At least two other blocks are known.