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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 1132

xSt. Helena — 1d. lake, variety surcharge omitted, [237], large margins all round, unused with large part original gum; an attractive example of this very rare and spectacular error. Considered to be the finest of the twelve examples of this error which can exist. R.P.S. Certificate (1958). Sc. 10a; S.G. 3b, £15,000. Photo Estimate £ 8,000-10,000 Note: Because the fourth application of the forme had been one row too high, it is thought that the fifth forme was also applied one row too high, leaving the bottom row (row 20) without surcharge, creating the 6d. lake provenance: Christie´s Robson Lowe, 1992

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£12,000