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Auction: 25020 - The Tom Gosse Collection of the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia
Lot: 190

(x) Burma
Burmese Government

1943 Farmer Issue
Perforated
The collection comprising 1c. orange (11, including three from the first printing and one with comma after "1"; two used), 1c. brown-orange (2, one with missing stop after "1" and one used), 2c. yellow-green (14 including a corner block of four, three on brown paper, one with comma after "2" and two used), 3c. (30 including two on laid paper six on brown paper including a vertical strip of three, one with comma after "3", a marginal block of six and two blocks of four, one with traces of double impression; two used), 5c. small "C" (5, one on brown paper, one mis-perforated and one used), 5c. large "C" (21 including one with comma after "5", a top marginal block of four showing "G" for "C" and ten used with two top marginal blocks of four showing "G" for "C"), 10c. (19 including one with comma after "10", two blocks of four, one with comma after "10", the other with no stop after "10", a vertical strip of three on brown paper; two used), 15c. (22 including two (one on brown paper) with comma after "15", a block of four with one showing no stop after "15", a corner block of six and a marginal block of four on laid paper; one used), 20c. (18, including two on brown paper, one with comma after "20", a block of four, and a pair on brown paper with one showing missing "0" in "20"; two used) and 30c. (9 including one with comma after "30" and three on brown paper, one used), various shades, mostly fine. S.G. J73-J81, £830+

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£210