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Lot# 4192 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 4192 Turks and Caicos Islands

    1922/25: Defintive 1½ d. (3, one in carmine, two in scarlet); 4 d. red on pale yellow, 5 d. sage-green and 3 s. black on red, these last all in horizontal pairs, Imperforate Proof examples from the sheetlets of six held by an Official at De La Rue and later sold to H.F. Johnson who burned any damaged examples (thus six or less of each can exist); largely fresh and fine large part og. Extremely rare.rnProvenance: H.F. Johnson; Spink, London, 10 Nov 1999, lot 1803.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF