Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1352
Malaysia Penang 1965 (15 Nov.) Orchids 15c. lower right corner block of twelve (4x3) with plate numbers, the centre horizontal row and the first two stamps on the bottom row with green (value and leaves) omitted, all the adjoining stamps with varying amounts of omission, fine. Pierron MG142MCa, £3,900+; S.G. 71b, £3,600+. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-3,000 Note: The missing green results in the loss of the value and leaves. The error occurred on the last two rows of a 1A pane and partly on another pane. provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, November 2006
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