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Auction: 20027 - British Borneo Stamps and Covers - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 304

(x) Sarawak
1895 Perkins Bacon Issue
Perforated Proof
1c. in sage-green (50x81mm.) on gummed paper, marked "a little more margin"; upper right corner piece missing. Also a cancelled imperforate plate proof in the same colour. Photo

Note: This was struck and used for estimating the spacing of the lines of perforation and has received four lines of perforation (single line gauge 12) to enclose the impression.

provenance:
C.M.C. Symes, October 1971
"Miri", March 1990

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Sold for
£550

Starting price
£180