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Auction: 20034 - The Doyen Collection
Lot: 1144

(x) Malaya
Straits Settlements
A Major Showpiece of the Highest Calibre
1906-12 MCA $500 purple and orange, well-centred with rich colours, wonderfully fresh and fine mint; the rarest stamp of the Edwardian period with only ten mint examples recorded of which there is a corner plate number pair in the Royal Philatelic Collection. An incredibly rare opportunity to acquire one of the world's most coveted philatelic gems. Signed Guilio Bollafi and Alberto Diena and accompanied by a Certificate from the latter (1958). S.G. 169, £170,000

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Sold for
£155,000

Starting price
£42000