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Auction: 23023 - The Lionheart Collection of Great Britain and British Empire Part XVII
Lot: 1265

(x) Turks and Caicos Islands
1881 (1 Jan.) 2½d. on 1/- dull blue, Setting 9, surcharge Type 26 showing variety without fraction bar, unused with tiny traces of gum. An exceptional rarity. Holcombe Certificate (1988). S.G. 40, £15,000

provenance:
Howard and Torie Gibralter
Shreeves, Dallas, 15-16 September, 2000

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

Sold for
£4,800

Starting price
£3200