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Auction: 7015 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1050

Leeward Islands 1890 (31 Oct.) 1d. dull mauve and rose, a horizontal strip of three showing major displacement of name and duty plate to right, unused with large part original gum (toned); the left stamp with small thin. Twenty-seven examples are recorded and this is one of two known multiples the other being a block of four (also toned). Spectacular. S.G. 2 Estimate £ 2,200-2,600 provenance: Dempsey Prappas, March 1995

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