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Auction: 3029 - British West Indies Stamps
Lot: 1428

Dominica — "One/Penny" on 6d. green with thick bar (No. 2), affixed to L-shaped piece and cancelled by light "A07"; a few very minor fox marks otherwise fine. A great rarity of Dominican philately. R.P.S. Certificate (1971). Sc. 14; S.G. 18a, £16000. (WF). Photo Estimate £ 8,000-10,000 Note: Of the thick bar surcharge, six examples are recorded, positions 1 to 6, from the top row of the pane. All examples of the thick bar surcharge emanate from the cover (11 June 1886) originally registered from W.H. Porter in Dominica to A. Churchill (Emerson) in Essex. Nabarro noted that the thick bar surcharged stamps were line perforated whereas the thin bar surcharged stamps were comb perforated.

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