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Auction: 9016 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 33

Fiji 1915 (1 Dec.) "war stamp" 1d. carmine horizontal pair, variety one without overprint, fresh mint; the left-hand stamp with a light crease, otherwise fine. Attractive and extremely rare, being one of the rarest War Stamp errors of the Empire. R.P.S. Certificate (1957). S.G. 139ab, £7,000. Photo Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 Note: On one sheet of 120 the overprint was shifted to the left on the right-hand pane of 60 by one stamp, resulting in the final column of ten lacking the overprint. One complete top row resides in the Royal Philatelic Collection provenance: Sir Lacon Threlford, 1975 Sir Gawaine Baillie, 2007

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£2,900