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Auction: 24011 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain and the World
Lot: 2350

(x) Pakistan
Bahawalpur
1947 3p. to 10r. set of seventeen, unmounted mint, 3a. with small perf. thin at top right otherwise very fine and fresh unmounted mint; a highly important King George VI rarity. B.P.A. Certificate (1967). S.G. 1-17, £20,000

Notes: This set was withdrawn only two months after issue. Only sixty copies of the 2r., 5r. and 10r. were ever printed.

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

Sold for
£8,000

Starting price
£6500