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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 476

xBritish Honduras 1865 no watermark 6d. rose block of four in a horizontal interpanneau se-tenant block of eight with 1/- green block of four, unused with large part original gum; folded through central perforations and with some light gum toning. A famous block and one of the great rarities of this country and of the British Empire. Sc. 3b; S.G. 4a, £38,000 Estimate £ 20,000-25,000 provenance: De Silva Sir Henry Tucker Hart Stanley Gibbons Auctions (New York), February 1981

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