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Auction: 21015 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XV
Lot: 32

(x) Bermuda
1865-1903, perf. 14x12½, 1/- green vertical strip of three, variety imperforate between; large part original gum with minor tone spots and light wrinkling, the lower stamp with faint trace of a bend, otherwise fine and a striking piece of great rarity. Signed Herbert Bloch and with B.P.A. Certificate (2003). S.G. 11a, £12,000

Note: This variety exists between the 8th. and 9th., and 9th. and 10th. rows of each pane, probably on one sheet. Thus there were a possible twenty four vertical strips with the error

provenance:
Henry Hick, Robson Lowe, 23 September 1975

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£3,000

Starting price
£2000