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Auction: 1026 - British Empire Stamps & Covers from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 236

Gilbert and Ellice Islands 1911 stamp-size composite essay comprising a King Edward VII master die proof with blank value tablet and with printed label inscribed "gilbert & ellice islands" affixed at top, on card (89x114mm.) dated "Nov 2nd 11" and with 5d., 6d. and 1/- value tablets affixed at lower left, the whole marked "Approved" initialled and dated "17.11.11.". Unique. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance: F.B. Howard-White, October 1985

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