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Auction: 16010 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 919

Turks Islands
1881 Provisionals
"2½" Setting 6 (Type 21) on 1/- lilac, fresh unused with part original gum, straight edges at top and at foot, the latter leaving the perforations intact at base of design; two small light handstamps on reverse. An attractive example of this exceptionally rare stamp, and considered the finest of the few examples recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). S.G. 31, £25,000. Photo

provenance:
"Chartwell", June 2011

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Sold for
£11,000