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  • Lot# : 4447 Orange Freestate

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    "3d. Surcharges" 1882: 3 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, Surcharge Type 5d and a, a remarkable unused block of twelve (6 x 2), with the upper row, positions 37-42, being Type d with postion 40 showing break in bar and position 42 the damaged 'd' in '3d.'; lower row positions 43-48, all Type a, from an early printing with no damage to bar on position 48. The last vertical pair separated and hinged back into place, otherwise fresh and fine, with large part og. Gi = £ 900+.rnrnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, London, 22 Jan 1990, lot 359.rn                   Collection 'Tobias', Spink, London, 15 July 2010, lot 2328.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF