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Auction: 26023 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXVII
Lot: 1278

(x) Rhodesia
1912-24 Admiral Issue
1922-24 New Printings on White Paper
Die IIIB 1/- black and dull blue, horizontal pair from the top of the sheet, variety imperforate between, partially torn between impressions and reinforced on the reverse with a stamp hinge, some faint toning mainly in the margin, nevertheless spectacular and extremely rare with only six such pairs possible. B.P.A. Certificate (1972). S.G. 300a, £30,000

provenance:
Robert M. Gibbs, 1988
Vestey, June 2015
Hay Morgan, Part 1, October 2024

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Estimate
£4,000 to £6,000