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Auction: 6004 - British Empire Stamps & Covers, featuring Australia
Lot: 926

x Rhodesia 1905 overprinted "rhodesia.", £5 deep blue on bluish paper, a well-centred example unused without gum resulting in the slightly suffused colouring; an attractive example of this rare stamp which emanates from the printer´s archives which were exposed in some degree to dampness or water when their vaults were bombed during WWII. S.G. 113e, £6,500. Photo Estimate £ 1,800-2,000

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£1,400