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Auction: 1026 - British Empire Stamps & Covers from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 165

Cook Islands Aitutaki 1916-17 perf 14x14 1/2, 1/- vermilion lower right corner block of eighteen (3x6) showing varieties "Tai" without dot (2), "Tiringi" without dot on second "i" (2) and "Tiringi" without dot on third "i", fresh and lightly mounted mint. A very rare positional multiple showing all three varieties known on this value. S.G. 14/14ab/14ac/14ad, £1,657+. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 provenance: William Frazer, June 2003

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