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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 1053

xOrange Free State British Occupation "V.R.I." Overprints The extensive and valuable collection from the various printings and with a wealth of the various varieties associated with this issue, mainly neatly mounted and written-up on album pages including First Printings with level stops 1/2d. pane of sixty with two small "1/2", 1/2d. used with the same variety, 1/2d. with "1/2" omitted mint and used and no stop after "I" used, 21/2d. on 3d. with no stop after "V" unused and used, 3d. with shifted overprint unused, 4d. with no stop after "V" unused, 6d. carmine (8) with no stop after "V" and "6" omitted (the centre stamp of a strip of three, 6d. on 6d. blue with "6" omitted unused and 1/- brown with "V.R.I." omitted used; Subsequent printings 1/2d. complete sheets of 240 (3), a double pane of 120, 1/2d. (4), 1d. (4), 2d. (7), 3d. and 6d. panes of sixty, 21/2d. on 3d. unused and used, 6d. on 6d. bright carmine mint and used, 5/- pair with raised and mixed stops level, 5/- with short top to "5" mint and used, and many others. Condition variable though an appealing collection of these fascinating stamps. Certificates for several Estimate £ 2,500-3,000

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