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Auction: 21020 - Rhodesia 1910-13 Double Head Issue: The Cottonwood Collection Robert M Gibbs Trustee
Lot: 166

(x) Issued Stamps
Perforated 14
Ten Pence
The "Vermilion" Printings
The following group of nine lots offer what is unquestionably the greatest collection of the "Vermilion" printings ever put together. The Vermilion family comprises RSC "C", "D", "E" and "F", all of which are represented in this one auction
RSC "C", Scarlet-vermilion and maroon, Thick Ear printing
[3-9] block of four, [4] Queen's cheek flaw and [8] with printer's mark at lower left, large part original gum with the lower pair sharing only a small hinge mark; a couple of shortish perfs., [4] and [8] with a couple of small tones. The sole recorded block of this printing. A great rarity. Photo

provenance:
William O'Connell, March 1986
Robert M. Gibbs, October 987
Norman Levin, November 1993
Lord Vestey, March 2015

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Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£3200