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Auction: 26023 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXVII
Lot: 1281

(x) Samoa
1914 (3 Sept.) German Colonial Type overprinted 'G.R.I.'
'1 Shilling' on 1m. carmine and black, centred to right, fresh colour; large part original gum, fine and rare with just thirty-five overprinted and issued. Variously signed and initialled on the reverse and with B.P.A. Certificate (2021). S.G. 111, £11,000

provenance:
Tommy Allen, Harmers, July 1997

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£2,500 to £3,500