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Auction: 21020 - Rhodesia 1910-13 Double Head Issue: The Cottonwood Collection Robert M Gibbs Trustee
Lot: 108

(x) Issued Stamps
Perforated 14
Four Pence
S.G. 138, Greenish black and orange, Long Gash printing
A complete sheet of fifty with sheet number "144", the top three rows now removed from the remainder and including [2] Long gash in Queen's ear, unmounted mint, a few separated perfs. at top, the remainder, without gum, including [25] Lines by King's cheek and [46] King's extra curl, manuscript "16/8" in blue crayon at foot indicating full sheet face value, good colour though with a large part of the gum washed off and a few separated perfs. at top. The top block being the largest mint multiple of this printing. An exceptional offering. Photo for top block

provenance:
Gerald Simpson, December 1982
Sir Gawaine Baillie, September 2006
Dr. Alan Knott-Craig, May 2015

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Sold for
£2,900

Starting price
£2500