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Auction: 24034 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1112

Bechuanaland
British Bechuanaland
1888 (Dec.) ½d. on 3d. pale reddish lilac and black, horizontal pair from the lower-right corner of the sheet, variety broken "f" in ''half'', part original gum; only five examples of this error exist with one being in the Royal Philatelic Collection; this positional piece has to be considered one of the very finest examples known. R.P.S. Certificate (1994). S.G. 29, 29a, £15,000+. Photo

provenance:
Sir John Inglefield-Watson,

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Estimate
£10,000 to £15,000