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  • Lot# : 4128 Tobago

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    Provisional Surcharges 1886 (Jan): "½ PENNY" on 6 d. stone, an unused vertical pair of fresh colour, upper example with variety "Raised "P" in PENNY" and "Figure Further from Word", lower stamp with variety "Surcharge Inverted", large part og. with lower stamp unmounted og. Superb and extremely rare: one example of this combination of varieties is housed in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, this example being the sole recorded in private hands. Cert. BPA (1984) Gi = £ 3'250+.rnProvenance: Collection Arthus Beach (1972); Collection F.W. Doolittle, Sotheby's, London, 2 Oct 1980, lot 81.
    Starting bid : 1,750 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF