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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 355

xBritish Solomon Islands 1907 Large Canoe Issue 2d. indigo horizontal pair, Types 3-4, variety imperforate between, part original gum and of good colour. Very rare. Only five of the original ten pairs have been traced, of which this is the finest. R.P.S. Certificate (1981). Sc. 3a; S.G. 3a, £12,000. Photo Estimate £ 7,000-8,000 provenance: Mark Strutt, 1987

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