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Auction: 26012 - The Dr. Erick Reeber Collection, FRPSL
Lot: 1146

(x) Iraq
Issues for Baghdad
Overprinted with six-pointed star and Arabic date 1331
1a. on 20pa. rose additionally with Behie overprint, centred to foot, unused without gum, pulled perforation at top otherwise fine. Signed Bloch. Extremely rare, one of three unused examples recorded. Holcombe Certificate (1988). S.G. 14b, £14,000. Photo

literature:
Illustrated and recorded in "Baghdad in British Occupation" by Freddy Khalastchy, page 67

provenance:
Marquess of Bute, Robson Lowe, May 1959, Lot 66
Robert Gibbs, Corinphila, May 1987, Lot 4311
Kohler auction, January 1999, Lot 2082
Colonial Stamp Company auction, April 2001, Lot 947

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

Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£2800