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Auction: 26020 - The Dr. Jon Higgins Collection of Labuan Queen's Heads and The Paul Barsdell Collection of Sarawak
Lot: 6

Labuan
1879 (May) Watermark CA over Crown, Sideways
Cancelled
2c. in yellow-green, 6c. orange-brown (tear at upper left), 12c. carmine and 16c. blue, each handstamped "cancelled" (Type D7), all with some gum; perforations trimmed in places and other small faults. Probably unique. S.G. 1-4. Photo

Note: Only one other example of the 2c. in yellow-green, this without overprint, is known.

provenance:

De La Rue archives, Robson Lowe, September 1976, part Lot 788

Commander M. Burnett, Christie's Robson Lowe, October 198, Lot 479

"Sentosa", Spink Singapore, August 2015, Lot 1075

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Estimate
£1,200 to £1,500