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Auction: 21020 - Rhodesia 1910-13 Double Head Issue: The Cottonwood Collection Robert M Gibbs Trustee
Lot: 35

(x) Issued Stamps
Perforated 14
One Penny
Plate B Sheet
Carmine-lake complete sheet of one hundred with sheet number "265", [87B] is the extremely rare "first repair", the state that followed the "original flaw", each block of four cancelled-to-order with Gwelo 24 December 1912 double-ring datestamp, pen and pencil notes by H.C. Dann on all sides of the margin with those at foot being related to flaws and retouches; divided vertically at centre and elsewhere; some faults in places though a hugely important and unique multiple. Photo

Note: The First Repair appears to be considerably rarer than the Original Flaw itself, no mint example having been found and only a handful of used singles having been recorded

provenance:
H.C. Dann, private sale
Alan Deal, private sale
Robert M. Gibbs, October 1987
Charles Temple, private sale

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Sold for
£3,500

Starting price
£2800