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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 373

xBushire 1915 (Sept.) Overprinted on Coronation Issue 6ch. carmine and green, Setting II [2], neatly cancelled with "bouchir (arrivee)" c.d.s. for 19 September 1915; one short perf. at top. A fine example of this very rare stamp with only 22 issued, of which three are in the Royal Philatelic collection. Signed Holcombe. Iranian Philatelic Society (1969) and B.P.A. (2004) Certificates. Sc. N19; S.G. 19, £4,500. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-3,500

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