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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1446

Mauritius 1965 (16 Mar.) Birds Issue 3c. lower right corner block of ten (2x5) with plate numbers, all with black (eye and beak) omitted, fine. With a matching plate block for comparison. Pierron MU636MCa, £2,775; S.G. 318a, £2,500. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 Note: The missing black affects the bird´s eye and beak. Two black ink plates were used for the printing of the stamps; the second from left relating to the bird´s eye and beak. provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, November 2005

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