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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1674

South Africa 1963 (30 Aug.) Red Cross Centenary 12 1/2c., a top right corner example with red omitted, fine. PFSA (1989) and Brandon (2000) Certificates. Pierron SA452MCa, £2,000; S.G. 226a, £2,000. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 Note: The missing red results in the loss of the cross. From examples which have appeared on the market, it´s probable the bottom two or three rows of one pane and a further two or three rows (including row 11) of a second pane were affected. A right marginal block of four from rows 11 and 12, with the top two stamps affected by the error, appeared at a 17 to 18 November 1966 Stanley Gibbons auction. quantity: circa 12 mint, 2 used

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