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Auction: 7028 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 1417

Dominica 1886 Provisionals "One Penny" on 6d. Green "One/Penny" on 6d. green with thick bar, fine used with partial upright oval "A07" cancellation, usual pin marks at the corners of the design. The great rarity of Dominican philately and the finest known example. B.P.A. Certificate (1975). S.G. 18a, £16,000. Photo Estimate £ 12,000-15,000 Note: Of the thick bar surcharge, six examples are recorded, positions 1 to 6, from the top row of the pane - the above example is position 5. All examples of the thick bar surcharge emanate from the cover (11 June 1886) originally registered from W.H. Porter in Dominica to A. Churchill (Emerson) in Essex. Nabarro noted that the thick bar surcharge stamps were line perforated whereas the thin bar surcharged stamps were comb perforation. provenance: Nabarro, March 1975 "Beaver Creek", November 1988 Sugarman, March 1994

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£14,000