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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 1202

xSamoa 1914 (Sept.) "g.r.i." Overprints "2 Shillings." on 2m. blue, a marginal block of four from the left of the sheet, [9-14], showing marginal "cross" and "2" in margin, fresh unused without gum. A rare positional multiple. Each initialled by Holcombe. Holcombe Certificate (1998). Sc. 111; S.G. 112, £12,000. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance: Marquess of Bute, 1959

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