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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: 1552

(x) Virgin Islands
1918-19 War Stamps
1d. (3) and 3d. (3) overprinted "specimen" with one of each additionally handstamped "specimen" by the Bechuanaland receiving authority, mint 1d. (158 including two panes, one missing top right corner vertical pair, six blocks of four, one with plate number "1" and two with plate number "5") and 3d. (116 including a pane without margins, corner block of six with plate number "1", corner blocks of four with plate numbers "1", "5" and "6", and a marginal block of four with watermark inverted), and used 1d. (2) and 3d. (7, one with watermark inverted). Condition mostly fine. S.G. 78-79, £1,700+

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

Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£280