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Auction: 23013 - Stamps and Covers of the World: Featuring Superb Mauritius, the "Claremont" Collection of South West Africa and the Charles Freeland Collection of Virgin Islands
Lot: 1141

(x) Barbados
Britannia Issues
1875-81 CC, perf 14 1/- dull mauve block of six (3x2), unused with part to large part original gum, fine. Very rare, two blocks recorded, this being the larger. S.G. 83, £3,300. Photo

provenance:
Sir Ernest de Silva, February 1959
Peter Jaffé, November 2006
Fitz Roett

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£2,400

Starting price
£950