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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1349

Malaysia Penang 1965 (15 Nov.) Orchids 5c. block of forty (10x4) with plate numbers and traffic lights, columns nine and ten with blue (value, background and inscription) completely missing and column eight with it virtually missing, twice folded vertically, fine. A rare and most spectacular error. Pierron MG136MCc, £8,000+; S.G. 68d, £6,000+. Photo Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, November 2006

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