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Auction: 23016 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire- Part XVI
Lot: 1168

(x) Jamaica
1919-21 1/- orange-yellow and red-orange, variety frame inverted, a used example with rich colour, tied to small piece by part 'Kingston' datestamp in black; a superb example of an extremely rare stamp. S.G. 85a, £25,000

Note: A part sheet was found in Manchioneal Post Office, who were not invoiced for a complete sheet, some stamps from the same sheet had already been sold, unnoticed, in Kingston. See "Stamps of Fame" by L. N. Williams, pages 165-166 for further information.

Provenance:
Byron Cameron, Robson Lowe, 1974
Besancon, 2021

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

Sold for
£13,000