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Auction: 25020 - The Tom Gosse Collection of the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia
Lot: 318

(x) Malaya
Malacca
The Malacca Handstamp
Prepared for use but not issued
$5 green and red on emerald showing top left portion of handstamp, unused with part original gum, slight thinning at top right due to hinge removal otherwise fine. Very rare, only nineteen examples thought to exist. B.P.A. Certificate (1956). ISC J141, $13,000; see footnote after S.G. J55. Photo

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

Estimate
£2,000 to £3,000

Starting price
£1600