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Auction: 26013 - The "Mulberry" Collection of British Empire and Commonwealth Stamps
Lot: 143

Colonial Countries Overprinted on Great Britain
Nauru
1916-19 Seahorses
De La Rue Printings
2/6d. sepia-brown (deep) horizontal pair with margin at top, variety treble overprint, two albino, fresh and fine unmounted mint. Extremely rare, only four examples known in this shade, this pair and two singles, one of which is in the Royal Philatelic Collection. S.G. 19b, £3,600. Photo

provenance:
Keith Buckingham, Grosvenor, February 2006

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£550