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Auction: 26010 - Stamps of British Africa including the R. J. Looker collection of Rhodesia Double Heads and the ‘Protea’ collection of South Africa, Part II
Lot: 2143

Rhodesia
1910-13 Double Head Issue
Six Pence
6d. lake-brown and deep rose-lilac with 'coppery' heads, Hook headplate, lightly mounted mint; very fine and hugely rare, one of the great rarities of the issue with just six or seven unused examples recorded, this being the finest. Gibbs Certificate (2011). RSC C

provenance:
William O'Connell, March 1986 (when part of the thne unique block of four)
Sir Gawaine Baillie, September 2006
Lord Vestey, March 2015
'Cottonwood', Spink, June 2021

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Estimate
£2,000 to £3,000