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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1209

Ceylon/Sri Lanka 1966-96 selection comprising 1966 (5 Feb.) Junglefowl 60c. with red omitted (4) and with blue omitted, 1970 (14 Aug.) New UPU Headquarters 50c. with new blue omitted, 1972 (12 Oct.) Emperor Anglefish 2c. with plum omitted (2) and 3c. with plum omitted, 1974 (25 Sept.) Prime Minister Bandaranaike 15c. marginal vertical pairs (2), the upper stamps with red omitted, and a lower right corner block of four with colour bars, each with red omitted, and 1996 (7 Sept.) 2r. with black omitted, fine. All with normals for comparison. Pierron cat. £685; S.G. cat. £294+ Estimate £ 250-300

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