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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 1291

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, variety no watermark, from an individual Setting 1b with 21/2mm. spacing, neatly cancelled with Assahun 3 January 1915 c.d.s. on small piece, characteristic dull shade compared with the no watermark stamps; tiny paper indentations towards centre, though an attractive example of this very rare stamp, of which only five or six examples have been recorded. Holcombe Certificate (1989). Sc. 37b; S.G. H3c, £5,500 Estimate £ 1,400-1,800

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