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Auction: 5006 - British Empire
Lot: 78

BURMA Japanese Occupation Issues Burmese Independence Army Administration 1942 (May) "Peacock" Overprints Overprinted at Myaungmya — S.G. Type 1 On Official Stamps of George V 6a. bistre, a marginal vertical pair with interpanneau margin at top comprising sub-types b-d-b, and a horizontal pair with interpanneau margin at top comprising sub-types c-d over a-b, fresh mint; both with a crease in the interpanneau margin, otherwise fine. S.G. J3, £300 Estimate £ 100-120 Note: The 6a. value was printed from the old De La Rue plates. Sheets were of 256 in four panes of sixty-four. Each pane with four rows of sixteen was separated by interpanneau margins with printed pillars The Myaungmya type was made up of a block of four types and In the height of the sheet of two stamps width there were eight blocks each showing all four sub-types. On the margins sub-types c and d are twice as rare as sub-types a and b. The printing should have resulted in the lower sheet margin having parts of sub-types c and d

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