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Auction: 20027 - British Borneo Stamps and Covers - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 154

North Borneo
1931 50th Anniversary
Essays
25c. stamp-size handpainted essay in black and mauve inset on thick card (108x91mm.) with embossed "waterlow & sons/specimen" device at lower right, marked "Cat instead of croc.","Substitute wild cat", "omit printer's name in all stamps" and "appd with cat instead of crocodile", initialled and dated "12/10/28". Delightful. Photo

provenance:
Col. J.R. Danson, June 1971

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Sold for
£2,900

Starting price
£1200