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Auction: 20027 - British Borneo Stamps and Covers - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 340

(x) Sarawak
1918 Sir Charles Vyner Brooke
Specimen Stamps
1c. grey-blue and carmine, 1c. slate-blue and slate marked "This stamp ordered in wrong colour", 2c. green, 2c. purple, 3c. brown-purple and 3c. dull green, affixed to irregular piece giving details of date printed and colours, each handstamped "specimen" in violet (Type D15). Unique. Photo

Note: This is the only known example of the prepared but not issued 1c. overprinted "Specimen"

provenance:
De La Rue archives
"Miri, March 1990

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Sold for
£1,700

Starting price
£400