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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: 1553

(x) Virgin Islands
1922-28 Issue
Essay
2½d. composite essay with the main body of the design photographic in brown with the value hand-painted in Chinese white on a turquoise background, inset on thick card (88x114mm) dated "1st Febr 21" and with a small punch hole at lower left. Believed to be unique in private hands with the only other example in the Royal Philatelic Collection. Photo

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Sold for
£2,100

Starting price
£1000