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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1644

St. Helena 1967 (5 May) New Constitution 2/6d. lower left corner block of fourteen showing imprint, columns five and six and the lower stamp in column four with red omitted and the upper stamp in column four with partial omission, fine. Pierron SH426MCa, £5,000+; S.G. 213a, £4,750. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 Note: The missing red affects the ribbon, ship´s hull and flag, and the rock shading. The error occurred progressively and diagonally on a sheet affecting one stamp from the right of the top row to a maximum of six on the bottom row quantity: circa 21 mint provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, November 2005

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