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Lot# 350 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 350 Cyprus

    HALF-PENNY Surcharge (16½ mm.) 1881 (Feb-June): ½ d. on 1 d. red, plate 218, lettered SH, a magnificent used example from this enormously rare Plate, neatly cancelled by fine strike of the "975" obliterator of Limmasol. One of the finest, if not the finest of the few recorded genuine examples of this exceedingly rare stamp Gi = £ 15'000.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 18,000 CHF