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Auction: 7015 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1044

Ireland 1922 (Oct.-Dec.) Thom "Rialtas" overprint in shiny blue-black, 10/- dull grey-blue with major re-entry from Plate 5A, R1/1, unused with large part original gum, fairly well-centred, of good colour and full perforations; tiny gum thin at top. A major rarity of Irish philately, this being one of the finest known. R.P.S. Certificate (1971). S.G. 46 var; Feldman/MacDonnell-Whyte T41a, £7500 (1991) Estimate £ 3,000-4,000

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