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Auction: 20024 - The "Dubois" British Commonwealth Collection of Stamps and Covers
Lot: 873

Tobago
1886-89 Surcharge Issue
"½ penny" on 6d. orange-brown, a marginal block of eight (4x2) from the left of the sheet, the lower right stamp, [10] of the setting, showing variety figure further from word, large part original gum, one normal stamp with small thin, otherwise fine. The largest recorded multiple of this scarce stamp. S.G. 28, 28a, £1,425+

provenance:
Dibble, 1941
Beach, September 1972
Ben Ramkissoon
"Scarborough, November 2008
Lord Vestey, September 2015


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Sold for
£2,200

Starting price
£550