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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 571

xCyprus 1924-28 MCA/Script Issue Issued Stamps £5 black on yellow, an upper right corner block of four with plate number "1" and sheet number "051", fresh lightly mounted in top margin and at foot; fresh colours and an extremely rare plate block with only three believed to exist. Sc. 109; S.G. 117a, £11,000+. Photo Estimate £ 8,000-10,000 provenance: Mrs. V.H. Richardson, 1960

Sold for
£19,000