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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 1295

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 2m. blue, a marginal example from the foot of the sheet, [19], unused with large part original gum; trace of a crease through "togo" tablet and gum with a fraction of foxing in places, nevertheless of fine appearance and an attractive stamp. Very rare. Behr Certificate (1998). Sc. 45; S.G. H11, £8,000. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 Note: Only approximately forty examples of this stamp, excluding varieties, were printed and issued

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