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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1230

Ghana 1967 (1 June) Issue 1np. lower right corner block of six (3x2) with plate numbers, each with orange omitted, fine. Very rare. With a normal block for comparison. Pierron GH920MCa, £3,250; S.G. 460a, £2,400. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 Note: The missing orange affects the maize flowers, corn and foreground. The error occurred on pane number 271992, a gum arabic printing, and is known in a plate block (normally 1B–1B–2B–1B–2B–2B) missing 2B referencing orange.

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