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Auction: 21020 - Rhodesia 1910-13 Double Head Issue: The Cottonwood Collection Robert M Gibbs Trustee
Lot: 333

(x) Issued Stamps
Perforated 14
Seven Shillings and Sixpence
RSC "C", Deep rose-red and (bright) grey-blue, Hook printing
[2-10] corner block of eight with full imprint and sheet number "13", [2] Hook (faint) in Queen's ear, [5] line above King's head, [5] and [10] with "medal" cuts and [7] with mark in "m" of "company", a couple of hinge remainders in margins though with stamps remaining unmounted. A magnificent and exquisite showpiece multiple of great beauty. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Photo

Note: This magnificent block was purchased by Gerald Simpson out of his naval gratuity at auction in 1946 for the sum of 6 guineas

provenance:
Gerald Simpson, December 1982
John Barbour
Norman Levin
Lord Vestey, March 2015

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Sold for
£16,000

Starting price
£15000