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Auction: 26013 - The "Mulberry" Collection of British Empire and Commonwealth Stamps
Lot: 32

Barbados
1920-21 Victory ½d. to 3/- set of eleven imperforate plate proofs in issued colours, each in a horizontal pair on gummed watermarked paper, traces of light overall gum toning though barely apparent on the surface and in no way detracting. Fine and very attractive. A rare set with only six examples of each believed printed with only two sets in pairs. Photo

provenance:
Hodsell Hurlock, H.R. Harmer, June 1958
Frank Deakin, Harmers, April 2010
"Britannia", Spink, February 2016
"Libra", Spink, April 2022, Lot 188

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Estimate
£2,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£1400