Lot 273
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Togo, 1914, 10pf carmine, variety overprint inverted (SG H3a), Setting 1A, bright color on fresh white paper, unused without gum. Extremely Fine and a great rarity unused. only 50 stamps printed, Illustrated in Gibbs, page 174. Michel 3IK.
SG £7,500 ($9,560)
ONLY FOUR UNUSED EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED.
Expertization: Signed Bloch and 1978 B.P.A. Certificate.
Provenance: The Marquess of Bute and Robert M. Gibbs
This is the result of the top half of one sheet accidently printed upside down. The above example is the right stamp of the rejoined pair from the Bute collection (lot 373).
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