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Auction: 25020 - The Tom Gosse Collection of the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia
Lot: 316

(x) Malaya
Malacca
The Malacca Handstamp
Prepared for use but not issued
$2 green and scarlet vertical pair showing right half of handstamp, unused with large part original gum, fine. Very rare, only thirteen examples believed to exist of which two are in pairs. B.P.A. Certificate (2013). ISC J140, $26,000; see footnote after S.G. J55. Photo

provenance:
Milo Rowell, Christie's Singapore, March 1993, Lot 1215

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

Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£3200