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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 1302

xTogo Anglo-French Occupation Issues 1914 (Oct.) Overprinted "TOGO/Anglo-French/Occupation" at the Catholic Mission, Lomé Narrow Setting with lines of overprint 2mm. apart 10pf. carmine, Setting 2b, neatly cancelled with virtually complete central, upright Lome 17 October 1914 c.d.s.; very fine. Rare. Holcombe Certificate (1995). Sc. 50; S.G. H16, £2,750. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 Note: Bob Gibbs states that he believes only fifteen, or at most twenty, examples exist. About two thirds are cancelled at Lome and the remainder at Anecho. One example is known on cover

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