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  • Lot# : 5073 Bushire

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    Overprinted at the British Residency, Bushire 1915 (Sept 11): Setting IV. Coronation 1 ch. deep blue & carmine, an unused horizontal strip of five showing the complete Setting, pos. 1 with "Broken 's' in British", of fine fresh colour, typically slightly wrinkled large part or unmounted og. Just 186 stamps were overprinted from two Settings - a truly wonderful strip Gi = £ 7'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, March 1959, lot 145.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,600 CHF