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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1109

(x) Bechuanaland
1961 Decimal Surcharge Issue
2½c. on 2d. red-brown, Type II, an upper right corner vertical strip of five with surcharge grossly misplaced, the top stamp without surcharge, the others with surcharge a top, fresh unmounted mint; also an unmounted mint single with surcharge at top; Fine and the rarest of all the surcharge varieties. A superb exhibition worthy piece. S.G. 159b, £18,000

provenance:
Sir John Inglefield-Watson, October 2007
'Libra', May 2020

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

Sold for
£9,500

Starting price
£8000