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Auction: 6001 - Transvaal - The Dr. Alan Drysdall Collection
Lot: 1152

TRANSVAAL 1875-77 Typographed by J.F. Celliers on behalf of The Stamp Commission. S.G. 43-80 Stout, Hard Surfaced Paper with Smooth Nearly White, or Deep Brown (6d.) Gum Imperforate 6d. bright blue vertical pair [21-31], variety tête-bêche and clearly cancelled with target obliterators; [21] cut-into at right. The unique example of this variety in private hands. S.G. 63ca, £14,000. Photo Estimate £ 10,000-12,000Note: Five examples of this variety are recorded, one unused pair in the Royal Philatelic Collection, a strip of four and two pairs in the Curle collection, and the pair in this lot provenance: Ferrary, Sale 8, 1923

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