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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 614

xEgypt 1878 (Dec.) Surcharges collection (164), including essay surcharges (3) with 5pa. in red and in black on 21/2pi. and 10pa. in black (faded) on 21/2pi.; issued stamps with a selection of corner blocks of six (4) or blocks of four (6), 5pa. on 21/2pi. block of one hundred, being the complete lower half of a sheet with the inverted cliché variety substituted with a normal, 5pa. on 10pa. inverted surcharges, an "imperforate" example of each and a few printer´s waste items and forgeries. A fascinating collection. Sc. 27, 28; S.G. 42,43. Photo Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 provenance: Royal Philatelic Collection, Spink, 2001

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