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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 274

xBritish East Africa — 5r. ultramarine and violet, variety overprint double, (spaced 1mm. apart and the wider of the two types of this variety known), large part original gum; vertical crease at left. Very rare, being one of only ten examples known to Minns. B.P.A. Certificate (2001). Sc. 70a; S.G. 63a, £1,900. Photo Estimate £ 600-800

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