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Auction: 26013 - The "Mulberry" Collection of British Empire and Commonwealth Stamps
Lot: 447

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1914 (17 Sept.) Overprinted on German Colonial Issue, Lines 3mm. Apart
10pf. carmine from Setting 1A with variety overprint inverted, fine mint. Extremely rare, only four mint examples recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (1955). Gibbs 3a; S.G. H3a, £10,000. Photo

Note: The top half of one sheet, comprising one complete setting of fifty, was inadvertently overprinted upside down. Of the four mint examples recorded, two of these, a rejoined pair from the Bute collection which have since been separated, have no gum.

provenance:
Robert Gibbs, Corinphila, September 1988
"Pegasus", Spink, January 2025, Lot 37

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Estimate
£3,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£2200