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Auction: 13045 - Stamps of Bermuda - Dr. the Hon. David J. Saul Collection
Lot: 29

(x) Bermuda
1865-1903 Government Issue
Issued Stamps, Perforated 14
One Penny
1d. rose-red showing "q" for "o" flaw on "one", imperforate, large to exceptionally large margins and fresh unused without gum; light vertical crease towards right side which is barely apparent. Superb appearance and almost certainly the finest surviving example of this very rare stamp, only two unused examples being recorded. R.P.S. Certificate (1966). S.G. 1a, £50,000. Photo

Note: Morris Ludington states "At least one sheet was issued imperforate, examples from it being known unused and used. It is possible that this stamp was actually a plate proof, for the 1d. is the only value from the series of which no plate proofs of the stamp, as issued but imperforate, have been recorded"

provenance:
Sir Henry Tucker, Sale 1, October 1978
Chartwell, June 2011

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Sold for
£60,000