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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 965

x Malaya and States Straits Settlements — $500 purple and orange-brown, well-centered, bright radiant colours, unused with large part original gum. One of the major rarities from the Straits Settlements. B.P.A. Certificate (1992). Sc. 174; S.G. 215, £40,000 Estimate £ 25,000-30,000 provenance: King Carol of Romania

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