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  • Lot# : 2305 Long Island

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    Typewriter Issue, Wove Paper. Initialled by Lieutenant Commander H. Pirie-Gordon RNVR 1916 (May 7): 2 d. and 1 d. mauve, the superb unused horizontal se-tenant pair on wove paper, marginal from left of sheet (Row 5, Stamps 1-2), with large margins all round, initialled in violet indelible pencil, unused as issued. A great rarity in superb quality: there are but two recorded examples of this error Gi = £ 14'000.rnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, Robson Lowe, 20 May 1959, lot 285; Spink, London, 4 Feb 2004, lot 359.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF