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Auction: 21020 - Rhodesia 1910-13 Double Head Issue: The Cottonwood Collection Robert M Gibbs Trustee
Lot: 363

(x) Issued Stamps
Perforated 14
Ten Shillings
S.G. 164, Blue-green and orange, Long Gash printing
[33-39] block of four, fresh lightly mounted mint. Exceptionally fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Photo

This and the corner pair offered above are the only mint multiples of S.G. 164

If one takes into account all the eighteen duties of this beautiful issue this block is the rarest as it is the only 10/- block recorded for the entire duty other than the clandestine roulettes, therefore if a collector wanted a straight set of blocks this block would have to be purchased


provenance:
Robert M. Gibbs, October 1987
Norman Levin
Lord Vestey, March 2015

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Sold for
£7,500

Starting price
£4800