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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 608

xEgypt 1867-71 Penasson issue collection (130) featuring a range of shades associated with this issue; the unused/mint include 5pa., 10pa. (5), 20pa., 1pi. (5, one imperforate) and 2pi. (2, one part perforated) blocks of four, 20pa. deep green pair, 20pa. yellow-green strip of four and 5pi. (10 with a reconstruction of the four types); others include miss-perforations, double perfs., double prints on imperforates, 10pa. (2) and 1pi. bisects on piece. Condition variable though a useful collection upon which to build. Sc. 8-15; S.G. 11-16. Photo Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 provenance: Royal Philatelic Collection, Spink, 2001

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