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Auction: 26023 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXVII
Lot: 1276

(x) Rhodesia
1912-24 Admiral Issue
Head Die IIIB
8d. deep reddish lilac and deep blue-green on toned paper, horizontal pair variety imperforate between, vertical crease between impressions; one of only two pairs available to collectors with the other examples with the variety exist in strips of three or larger, large part original gum; a spectacular rarity. B.P.A. Certificate (2003). S.G. 268a, £12,000

provenance
Sir Gawaine Baillie, September 2006
Hay Morgan, Part 1, October 2024

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Estimate
£6,000 to £8,000