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Auction: 21011 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XIV - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 250

(x) Orange Free State
1897 perf. 14 6d. blue, prepared for use but not issued, two horizontal complete panes of sixty from the lower half of the sheet with plate number '1' at foot and handstamped '30 Oct 96'; a few gum bends and minor creasing in places. The De La Rue archive sheet. S.G. footnote after 87, £7,800+

Note: The stamp was never issued due to the British occupation of Bloemfontein and is only found overprinted V.R.I. This is a unique and important multiple.

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Estimate
£2,000 to £3,000

Starting price
£1600