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Auction: 5006 - British Empire
Lot: 111

BURMA Japanese Occupation Issues Burmese Independence Army Administration 1942 (May) "Peacock" Overprints Overprinted at Henzada — S.G. Type 5 A reprinted proof of the eight types taken when the original plate was found after the war, marked at foot "Proof from the original Henzada printing plate of 8 impressions, present, i.e. very worn, state, with pinflaw in No. 8" in the handwriting of E.A. Smythies; also George V 3p. lower right corner mint block of sixteen (8x2) with both [8] showing pin flaw Estimate £ 300-400 Note: Only four of these reprinted proofs was made, one of which has subsequently been divided in to two strips of four

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£300