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Auction: 142 - March Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 743

#MR9b, 1917 3p Violet, with "War Tax" vertically reading up, top margin block of four, not only is the vertical overprint a scarce variety but on this example it is misplaced to the right so that "Stamp" is omitted on the left pair and "War" is omitted on the right pair, the stamps are especially well centered, o.g., top right stamp is l.h., the other three are never hinged, very fine and extremely are; Scott catalog value for normal vertical prints is $1,700.00, this being much rarer (S.G. #75d; £1,600 for normal vertical overprints).

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$2,000