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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 1289

xTogo Anglo-French Occupation Issues 1914 (17 Sept.) Overprinted "TOGO/Anglo-French/Occupation" at the Catholic Mission, Lomé Wide Setting with lines of overprint 3mm. apart 10pf. carmine marginal example from the right of the sheet, variety overprint inverted, Setting 1A [31] inverted on [21], unused with large part original gum, fresh bright colour; upper right corner perf. blunt, otherwise fine. A very rare stamp with only four unused/mint examples recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2001). Sc. 37a; S.G. H3a, £7,500. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 Note: This variety was caused when the top half of one sheet (50 stamps) was inadvertently overprinted upside down. Gibbs believes that the only other value printed from this Setting was the 50pf. value

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