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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 104

xBahamas Special Delivery Stamps, 1916 Issue 5d. black and orange upper right corner horizontal pair, the right-hand stamp with variety overprint omitted, neatly cancelled with Nassau 18 December 1918 c.d.s. and tied on small piece. Extremely rare with only five such pairs possible from the one sheet thus overprinted. R.P.S. (1984) and B.P.A. (1985) Certificates. Sc. E1d; S.G. S1d, £30,000. Photo Estimate £ 18,000-20,000 provenance: "Staircase", 1999

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