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Auction: 21020 - Rhodesia 1910-13 Double Head Issue: The Cottonwood Collection Robert M Gibbs Trustee
Lot: 47

(x) Issued Stamps
Perforated 14
One Penny
The "Lines" of 97-99B
Carmine-lake block of four, [87B-97B], [87B] being the final State with original flaw repaired, [96B] with King's cheek flaw and [97B] showing horizontal scratches through the south east corner ornament, fresh with large part original gum. An exceptionally rare multiple with these flaws, with only two mint examples of 97B with lines recorded to date. Photo

provenance:
Alan Deal, private sale
Robert M. Gibbs, October 1987
Lord Vestey, March 2015

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Sold for
£750

Starting price
£950