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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: 1234

(x) Cape of Good Hope
1861 Woodblock 1d. milky blue error of colour, small to large margins, very lightly cancelled; shallow thin spot at right and natural paper flaw at foot, otherwise fine, attractive and a most important rarity with impeccable provenance. S.G. 13c, £30,000. Photo

provenance:
Charles Lathrop Pack, First sale, 1944
"Isleham", fourth sale, 1987
"Salisbury", 1995
Ad Indhusophon, 1999
"Cape Town", July 2005

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

Sold for
£12,000

Starting price
£12000