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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 363

xBrunei 1906 Overprint on Labuan Issue 2c. on 8c. black and vermilion, a vertical strip of ten from the fifth column of the sheet with margins and top and a foot (showing part imprint), the fifth stamp showing variety "two cents." double and the tenth stamp showing variety "two cents." Estimate £ 12,000-15,000 Note: The surcharging for this issue was compiled from a setting of fifty in two operations. On one sheet the misplacement of the plate resulted in the fifth row receiving a second surcharge and the tenth row receiving none provenance: William Frazer, 2003

Sold for
£12,000