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Auction: 26023 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXVII
Lot: 1249

(x) Rhodesia
1910-13 Double Head Issue
Five Shillings
5/- (aniline) deep Indian red and green, Long Gash headplate, [23], very fine with large part original gum. RSC B

Note: As originally stated by Gibbs, this is now widely considered to be the rarest of the 5/- printings, the only example seen by Gibbs, an exceptional stamp in this condition.

provenance:
'Cottonwood', June 2021
Dr. Arnold Brickman, Part 1, December 2024



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Estimate
£800 to £1,200