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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1356

Malaysia Perak 1965 (15 Nov.) Orchids 5c. lower right corner block of twenty (10x2) being the bottom two rows of a sheet with plate numbers and traffic lights, each with yellow omitted, some split perfs and centrally folded, fine. Pierron MR330MCa, £1,600+; S.G. 165b, £1,600+ Estimate £ 800-1,000 Note: The missing yellow affects the flower and results in the loss of green (created by a mix of yellow and blue inks) from the leaves. The error is known to have affected a 1B pane completely and just the first column of another pane provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, November 2006

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