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Auction: 20013 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XIII
Lot: 671

(x) Malaysia
Straits Settlements
1899 (Mar.) 'four cents' on 5c. carmine, variety surcharge omitted, clipped perfs at foot and light vertical gum bend otherwise fresh and fine with large part original gum. A very fine example of one of the key stamps of the Straits Settlements. S.G. 109a, £40,000

provenance:
William Frazer, June 2003

Note: We record nine examples of this variety, one of which is in the Royal Philatelic Collection

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Sold for
£14,000

Starting price
£8000