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Auction: 21015 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XV
Lot: 289

(x) Tonga
1897 7½d. black and green, variety centred inverted, lightly mounted mint; one sheet of sixty with inverted vignette is known, this being one of the very finest, a superb and fresh example of this rarity. S.G. 48a, £9,000

provenance:
Robert H. Cunliffe, June 2009

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£2400