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Auction: 5006 - British Empire
Lot: 232

BURMA Japanese Occupation Issues Burmese Government 1943 Farmer Issue Imperforate 10c. brown and 30c. deep blue-green, each in a marginal block of four, [34-45] and [3-14] respectively, on thin brownish coarse paper showing a partial impression of the 1c. value. Scarce Estimate £ 250-300 Note: In 1948 the old press was sold and the new owner discovered, amongst the paper used for packing up the level of the platen, the sheet from which these blocks emanate. There could only be five sets of such blocks, of which four were severed

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