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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 1576

Great Britain
King Edward VII Issues
1902-10 De La Rue
— 10d. slate-purple and deep (glossy) carmine, block of four from the top of the sheet, unmounted mint; hinged in the margin, fine. An exceptionally rare block of this rare shade. Probably the finest of the very few existing blocks. Specialised M43 (4), £26,000+. Photo

note: According to "The Postage Stamps of Great Britain", volume 3 (revised edition), pages 276-277, "Not more than twenty examples are known"

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Sold for
£17,000