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Auction: 8030 - Important Great Britain, British Empire & Foreign Stamps & Covers, including items from the Royal Philatelic Collection
Lot: 86

Labuan 1905 (Feb.) $5 bright purple, unused without gum. A fine example of this major rarity of Labuan philately. Signed by Bloch. B.P.A. Certificate (1992). Sc. 122; S.G. 141, £6000 Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 Note: According to "The Stamps and Postal History of North Borneo, Part 2", the $5 and $10 of this issue are only known without gum. provenance: "Midas", December 1991 Spink auction, March 2005

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