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Lot# 10025 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 10025 Rhodesia

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    Surcharged by the 'Bulawayo Chronicle' 1896 (April-May): "One Penny" on 4 s. grey-black & vermilion, an unused example, well centred and with good perforations for this issue, showing variety "P in Penny Inverted", fresh and very fine with large part og. Just 5 examples are recorded in "Rhodesian Philately" by Trotter, Hoffman and Flanaghan (see page 265); a truly magnificent example of an extremely rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2020) Gi = £ 48'000.rnProvenance: Collection Dale-Lichtenstein, Harmers, New York, 14 March 1991, lot 271; Argyll Etkin, London, 4 Nov 2003, lot 102.
    Starting bid : 12,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 17,000 CHF