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Auction: 20013 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XIII
Lot: 747

(x) Northern Rhodesia
1938 1½d. carmine-red horizontal pair, variety imperforate between, unused with part original gum; some light stains on reverse which are just apparent in the upper corners, nevertheless generally of fine appearance and a great rarity. S.G.29a, £30,000

provenance:
Spink auction, October 2017 when this was part of a block of four

Note: This is believed to come from the sheet purchased by Mr. Adam Thom at Mulfulira Post Office in 1938. This and a further pair, a block of four (ex. Graham Cooper) together with the unique block of twelve offered by Spink in April 2015, are the only examples of this very rare variety known

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Sold for
£4,000

Starting price
£4000