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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: 1528

(x) Virgin Islands
1888 "4D" on 1/- Black and Rose-Carmine
Toned Paper
[4] with flaw on "e" of "one", variety surcharge double and widely spaced vertically, unused with part original gum. A fine and attractive example of this rare surcharge variety. S.G. 42a, £8,500. Photo

provenance:
J. Charlton Henry, April 1961
Chartwell, June 2011
Vestey, December 2014

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

Sold for
£3,000

Starting price
£1800