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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 299

(x) Falkland Islands
1891-1902 Issue
Issued Stamps
2½d. very pale chalky ultramarine, marginal from the top of the sheet, fresh unused without gum. Rare. Heijtz 8a, £800. Photo

Note: This stamp comes from the printing of 29 May 1891, all of which were lost on the way to the Islands when the "Neko" sank. One sheet survived which was offered for sale when the Bradbury, Wilkin archive was auctioned

provenance:
Major R.N. Spafford, February 2015

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Sold for
£450

Starting price
£320