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Auction: 6001 - Transvaal - The Dr. Alan Drysdall Collection
Lot: 1131

TRANSVAAL 1875-77 Typographed by J.F. Celliers on behalf of The Stamp Commission. S.G. 43-80 Very Thin, Soft Opaque Paper Imperforate 6d. blue, a block of sixteen (8x2), being the lower two rows of the right-hand pane [25-40] with large sheet margins at either sides, [25-26] being tête-bêche, fresh unused without gum, both left and right-hand 45mm. sheet margins partially folded under for display purposes; some faults and defects in places, nevertheless a great rarity and showpiece, and the only unused example of this particular variety. R.P.S. Certificate (1976). S.G. 45, 45aa, £10,550+. Photo Estimate £ 9,000-10,000Note: Only two examples of this particular variety are recorded, a used pair in a museum collection and the block offered above. The 45mm. margins at either end of the block are unusual, that at the left indicating that a left pane was not present at the time of printing provenance: Major Harold Criddle, 1992

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