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Auction: 13027 - The Collector's series sale
Lot: 1550

Somaliland
Official Stamps
1903 Issue Overprinted "o.h.m.s." and "british somaliland"british somaliland"
½a. yellow-green, variety "!" for second "i" in "british" and with misplaced overprint resulting in "s" being completely omitted, fresh lightly mounted mint. Rare with only six examples of this error possible. B.P.A. Certificate (1977). S.G. O1 var. Also 2a. violet horizontal pair, the left-hand stamp showing damaged "s" in "somaliland". Photo

provenance:
Sir Gawaine Baillie, November 2005 for ½a.

Sold for
£200