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Auction: 25020 - The Tom Gosse Collection of the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia
Lot: 49

(x) Burma
Burmese Independence Army Administration
1942 (May) "Peacock" Overprints
Overprinted at Myaungmya - S.G. Type 1
On Official Stamps of George V
6p. bistre interpanneau block of four with margin at right, and showing overprints in interpanneau, showing Types C-D over A-B over C-D, unused with full original gum, fine. S.G. J3, £440+. Photo

Note: The 6a. value was printed from old De La Rue plates. Sheets were 256 in four panes of sixty-four. Each pane with four rows of sixteen was separated by interpanneau margins with printed pillars. The Myaungmya type was made up of a block of four types and in the height of the sheet of two stamps width there were eight blocks each showing the four sub-types. On the margins sub-types c and d are twice as rare as sub-types a and b. The printing should have resulted in the lower sheet margin having parts of sub-types c and d.

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Sold for
£240

Starting price
£140