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Auction: 21020 - Rhodesia 1910-13 Double Head Issue: The Cottonwood Collection Robert M Gibbs Trustee
Lot: 346

(x) Issued Stamps
Perforated 14
Seven Shillings and Sixpence
RSC "E", Scarlet and (deep bright) blue, Mid Gash printing
[18-24] block of four, variant, scarlet and (paler and brighter) chalky blue, outstanding rich colours and perfect centering, large part original gum with the lower pair remaining unmounted. A great rarity and a beautiful and outstanding multiple. An astonishing new discovery, hitherto unrecorded. The only recorded mint block of four from all these later printings. Photo

Note: The more richly hued later printings of the 7/6d. emanate from the Mid Gash Plate (RSC "D" and "E") and the Short Gash Plate (S.G. 162, RSC "F" and "G")

provenance:
"Besancon", September 2020

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Sold for
£16,000

Starting price
£12000