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Auction: 20011 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XI
Lot: 277

(x) Tonga
1897 7½d. black and green, variety centred inverted, large part original gum; light crease in one corner, otherwise an attractive example of this scarce variety. S.G. 48a, £9,000

provenance:
Colonel E.H.R. Green, January 1944, and accompanied by the original front cover of the auction catalogue and lotting slip

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Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£2500