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Auction: 25020 - The Tom Gosse Collection of the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia
Lot: 110

(x) Burma
Burmese Independence Army Administration

1942 (May) "Peacock" Overprints
Overprinted at Henzada - S.G. Type 5

On Postage Stamps of George VI
1a. purple-brown, typo marginal block of eighty (8x10) from the foot of the sheet in State 1 (pre pin flaw), fresh mint with nearly all unmounted, a few severed perfs between two vertical rows and one stamp with a corner defect, otherwise fine and a rare multiple. S.G. J29, £800+

provenance:
Gerald Davis, Spink, April 2005, Lot 127

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

Estimate
£250 to £300

Starting price
£180