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Auction: 22016 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 52

Ethiopia
c.1930s undated stamp-sized composite essay sunk into Bradbury and Wilkinson card (117x163mm.), the frame printed in green, touched up in Chinese white reading "provinces equitoriales / d'abyssinie", the value tablet reading "5", the vignette hand painted in brown and Chinese white depicting a lion among reeds. A seemingly unissued design though highly attractive and unique. Photo

provenance:
The Bradbury Wilkinson archives

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Sold for
£1,100

Starting price
£700