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Auction: 21020 - Rhodesia 1910-13 Double Head Issue: The Cottonwood Collection Robert M Gibbs Trustee
Lot: 398

(x) Issued Stamps
Perforated 14
One Pound
S.G. 166b, Error, Scarlet and reddish mauve, Long Gash printing
[1-2] corner pair from sheet 2 showing small part of imprint, [2] Long gash in Queen's ear, some hinge remnants in the margin, the two stamps sharing a single hinge mark; horizontal crease in the left-hand margin just extending into one stamp, [2] being fine. Fresh and an outstanding multiple of this lovely stamp. A monumental rarity with only one other Gash in Queen's ear item known from sheet 1, and a great showpiece of Rhodesian philately. Photo

provenance:
King Carol of Rumania
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, October 1946
"County", November 2003
Alan Uria, July 2012
David Carson, July 2016

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£24,000

Starting price
£24000