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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 1355

xTurks Islands 1873-79 watermark Small Star, 1d. dull red horizontal pair, [24-25], variety imperforate between and [24] with throat flaw, fresh unused with part original gum; 10mm. tear from foot of [25] to centre of pair. Extremely rare with only five pairs believed to exist. R.P.S. Certificate (1932). Sc. 5a; S.G. 5a, £17,000. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance: C.J.L. Snowden, 1953 M.H. Ludington, 1999

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