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Auction: 9020 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 2961

Uganda 1895 (April) Wide Letters in Black, Narrow Stamps In order to save space, the Rev. Ernest Millar changed the sheet format by typing eleven rows across the sheet. Retaining thirteen vertical rows, 143 stamps were obtained in each sheet. When the bottom of the page was approached, the paper was removed, inverted, re-inserted in the machine, giving tête-bêche pairs separated by a narrow gap which was then filled by typing in the details of the composition of the sheet. The stamps varied in width from 16mm. to 18mm. 30(c.) unused with small part or traces of borders on three sides, manuscript endorsement on reverse "Certified genuine A.G.B. 1896" (Rev. A.G. Browne); some creasing otherwise a fine example of this rare stamp. S.G. 22, £8500. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500

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