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Auction: 25020 - The Tom Gosse Collection of the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia
Lot: 189

(x) Burma
Burmese Government
1943 Farmer Issue
Imperforate
10c. brown and 30c. deep blue-green, both in a marginal block of nine, [3-25] and [23-43] respectively, on thin brownish coarse paper showing a partial impression of the 1c. value. Holcombe Opinions (1994). Scarce. Photo

Note: In 1948 the old press was sold and the new buyer discovered, amongst the paper used for packing up the level of the platen, the sheet from which these blocks emanate. There could only be five sets of such blocks, of which four were severed.



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Sold for
£210

Starting price
£210