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Auction: 26020 - The Dr. Jon Higgins Collection of Labuan Queen's Heads and The Paul Barsdell Collection of Sarawak
Lot: 1

Labuan
1879 (May) Watermark CA over Crown, Sideways
Essay Die Proof
12c. engraved in black on glazed card (82x96mm) marked "Approved, No 2" and initialled; some minor peripheral damage not affecting the design. Unique and a magnificent exhibition showpiece. Photo

:Note: The portrait of the Queen's head and particularly the inscriptions in Jawi and Chinese differ slightly from the issued 12c. stamp.

provenance:

De La Rue archives, Robson Lowe, September 1976, Lot 782

Commander M. Burnett, Christie's Robson Lowe, October 1984, Lot 477

Patrick Cassels, Spink, September 2006, Lot 1646

"Walter Bickly", Spink, July 2011, Lot 4

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Estimate
£8,000 to £10,000