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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1258

Hong Kong 1968 (10 Sept.) $2 on chalk-surfaced paper with PVA gum, a complete pane with ochre omitted and showing plate numbers at lower right and sheet number "R 08217" at upper right; the sheet folded twice vertically otherwise fine. Pierron HK415MCa, £4,250; S.G. 207b Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 Note: The missing ochre affects the sash, leaving it in the brown and yellow underlay colours. The error is known in an intact pane (number R 08217) and in a plate block (normally 2A–1A–1A–1A–2A–1A), both missing 2A referencing ochre.

Sold for
£1,100