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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 1307

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 40pf. black and carmine, unused with large part original gum, fresh colours; light horizontal gum bend at top not detracting from the fine appearance of this very rare stamp. Signed Bloch. Behr Certificate (1998). Sc. 54; S.G. H20, £4,500. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-2,000 Note: Bob Gibbs believes that the number issued of this stamp was about twenty-five or thirty. The vast majority of the known examples are used

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