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Auction: 22026 - Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A.
Lot: 638

Penang
1965 Orchids 5c. block of forty (10x4) with plate numbers and traffic lights, columns nine and ten with blue (background and inscription) omitted and column eight with it virtually omitted, twice folded vertically, fine unmounted mint. A rare and most spectacular error. S.G. 68d, £9,000+. Photo

provenance:
Sir Gawaine Baillie, November 2006

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Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£3800