Lot# 4142 - Auction 284 - 290
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Lot# : 4142 Trinidad u. Tobago
1917 (May): War Tax ½ d. bluish green, an unused horizontal pair, marginal from base of sheet, variety "Pair, One Without Overprint", creased across the un-overprinted stamp which shows part of the 'War Tax' overprint on the gum where the sheet was creased during printing, creating the variety. Extremely rare, from the larger multiple originally in the Marquess of Bute collection, unmounted og. Rare. Cert. RPSL (1972) Gi = £ 1'500.rnProvenance: Collection W.A. Frazer, Spink, London, 30 Oct 2003, lot 1839.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 1,400 CHF