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Auction: 24017 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia
Lot: 307

(x) Straits Settlements
1906-12 Multiple Crown CA. A Magnificent Rarity of the British Commonwealth and the only Plate Number Example in Private Hands
Issued Stamps
$500 purple and orange, a top left corner example with plate number, fresh with large part original gum. A great rarity not only of the Straits Settlements, but also of the British Commonwealth. A stamp for the connoisseur. S.G. 169, £200,000. Photo

Note: We record only ten mint examples of which there is a corner plate number pair in the Royal Philatelic Collection.

provenance:
George Bloch, May 1996

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

Sold for
£110,000

Starting price
£80000