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Lot# 8492 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 8492 Samoa

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    Express Issue, 2nd State 1879: State II, 1 s. dull yellow, perf. 12, an unused complete sheet of ten subjects (5 x 2), with good margins all round and of fine fresh colour, small age stain at upper right, note position 3 (Row 1, stamp 3) with the value displaced downwards and to right, position 10 with bulge over "IN" of SHILLING and line above "X" of EXPRESS not broken; reverse with large part dried og. See Odenweller page 34. An extremely rare and attractive complete sheet. Cert. RPSL (1965) Gi = £ 1'000++.rnrnProvenance: Collection Charles J. Phillips (former owner of Stanley Gibbons).rn                     Collection F. B. Howard-White, Harmers, London, 15 Oct 1985.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF