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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1629

Northern Rhodesia 1963 (10 Dec.) Arms Issue 5/- with value omitted, margin at top, fine. With normal for comparison. David Crocker Certificate (1993). Pierron NR172MCa, £2,000; S.G. 86a, £2,000. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 Note: Two black ink plates were used for the printing of the stamps; the leftmost plate number relating to the value. A complete sheet with the error surfaced in a Christie´s auction in March 1992 – it was split into 16 lots. Further splitting has taken place, but the error is known in a plate block of nine (normally 1A–1A–1A–1A–1A) missing 1A referencing black (the value). quantity: 60 mint

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