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Auction: 26013 - The "Mulberry" Collection of British Empire and Commonwealth Stamps
Lot: 225

Hong Kong
1891 (22 Jan.) Jubilee 2c. carmine [2] with wide surcharge double, from the lower row of the original block of eighteen with a central strike of the c.d.s. (22.1); there appear to be a couple of trivial thins which seem to be a result of the watermark. Very rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1949). S.G. 51e, £15,000. Photo

Note: One block of twelve overprints was struck twice, the second impression covering three rows of the original sheet.

provenance:
H.P. Manus, Plumridge, Sale 7, May 1933
Surgeon Captain Bishop, 1936
Lt. Col. L.T. Rose-Hutchinson, Robson Lowe, November 1949
"Connaught", Spink Hong Kong, January 2024, Lot 6264

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Estimate
£6,000 to £8,000

Starting price
£4200