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Auction: 26013 - The "Mulberry" Collection of British Empire and Commonwealth Stamps
Lot: 487

Turks Islands
1881 (1 Jan.) Provisionals
Four Pence
"4" (Types 29 and 30) on 1/- lilac, Setting 3, top left corner block of eighteen (6x3), positions 1-6/11-16/21-26, with Type 29 in fifteen positions and Tpe 30 positions 22, 24 and 26, unused with large part original gum, fresh colour, fine. A magnificent multiple of the greatest rarity and of wonderful pedigree. S.G. 45/46, £17,250. Photo

provenance:
Ferrari, Sale V, November 1922, Lot 572
J. Charlton Henry, Harmer Rooke, April 1961, Lot 1786
Lars Amundsen, Stanley Gibbons, December 1967, Lot 580
William Frazer, Spink, October 2003, Lot 1909
"Besançon", Corinphila, May 2022, Lot 4175

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Estimate
£4,000 to £8,000

Starting price
£2800