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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: 1301

(x) Malaya
Straits Settlements
1906-12 MCA $500 purple and orange with small part sheet margin at top, large part original gum with minor traces of toning that pale in significance when compared with the rich colour and delicate impression exhibited in this major showpiece. An item whose significance cannot be overstated. Signed 'A. Diena' and 'Giulio Bolaffi' with their certificates (1961). S.G. 169, £200,000. Photo

provenance:
'Sentosa', August 2015

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

Sold for
£260

Starting price
£90000