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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 830

xMalaya and States Straits Settlements 1910 MCA $500 purple and orange, unused with large part original gum, fresh and fine. A great rarity with only a handful of examples recorded, of which this is surely one of the finest. A. Diena (1967), E. Diena (1992), Raybaudi (1996) and B.P.A. (1997) Certificates. Sc. 146; S.G. 169, £80,000. Photo Estimate £ 60,000-70,000 provenance: Maurice Burrus, 1964

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