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Auction: 26024 - The 'Mulberry' Collection of Great Britain King Edward VII Issues
Lot: 2281

Great Britain
King Edward VII
Officials
Office of Works
1902-03, on Stamps of 1902
2½d. ultramarine horizontal pair, the left-hand stamp showing variety "C" for "O", large part original gum, of fresh colour and a scarce variety. Spec. MO17a, £4,750

provenance:
Stamps and Covers of Great Britain 1840 to 1951, Sotheby's, 21 Nov. 1991, Lot 175, stated here to be the only recorded unused multiple to contain this variety.
Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, 29 Sept. - 1 Oct. 2004, Lot 1143

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£280