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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 241

xBermuda Issued Stamps 1875 (Mar.-May) "One/Penny" Provisionals 1d. on 1/- green, variety surcharge inverted, lightly cancelled; small thin at top and a few perf. faults, though a most presentable example of this extremely rare stamp, of which less than twelve examples are recorded. R.P.S. (1958) and B.P.A. (1999) Certificates. Sc. 15a; S.G. 17a, £23,000 Estimate £ 14,000-16,000 Note: Illustrated on page 258 of the Ludington handbook provenance: Morris H. Ludington, 1999

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£25,000