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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: 1459

(x) Virgin Islands
1866 Issue
Die Proofs on white wove paper
1d. (2) and 6d. (2) in grey-blue on a single piece of paper (131x105mm) with impressions 18½mm apart vertically and 37-38mm apart horizontally, each vertical pair of impressions tête-bêche in relation to the other, fine. Rare. Photo

provenance:
J.L. Frederick,October 1982
William Frazer, May 2004
Spink auction, July 2005
Vestey, December 2014

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

Sold for
£1,000

Starting price
£700