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  • Lot# : 503 Palestine

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    Palestine - British Mandate 1927/45: Pictorial issue, colour trial proofs in unissued colors, with “HARRISON’S SPECIMEN” overprints, "Dome on the Rock" 4 m. grey-green (instead of rose-pink), “Citadel in Jerusalem” 5 m. bistre  (instead of orange), "Rachel’s Tomb" 10 m. ultramarine (instead of slate) & "Sea of Galilee" 90 m. bright blue (instead of bistre), each value in upper-right corner blocks of 25 with plate 1 controls in margins, 4 m. top two rows with double perforations, 10 m. top row with coincident double perforation, mostly very fine and fresh unmounted og. A unique and desirable set of multiples, certs. Ceremuga (2016) Bale T92, T93, T97 & T101 = $ 150'000+ for hinged singles, plus premium for MNH multiples.rnProvenance: Harrison archives; National Postal Museum.rnNote: Only one sheet of each value was recorded, the rest of the 5 m sheet is believed to have been destroyed, with only this block surviving.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 25,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold