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Lot 3356



Nevis 1878, Lithographed 1s pale green imperforate between horizontal strip of three (SG 20b), with sheet margins attached at either side, representing position 1-3 of the sheet, rich color, original gum, lightly hinged, couple tiny customary tone specks on reverse, mentioned only for accuracy. Fine and extremely rare. Scott 17b.
SG £6,500 ($8,290)

Provenance: Ferrary, Charlton Henry, Watson Yuile

Only two sheets of 12 of this error originally existed. One sheet remains intact and is in a trust collection. The other sheet, which included this strip, has been broken up, with a second strip from it in the Royal Collection. Since the other two strips are in private collections, this represents the only opportunity for a collector to obtain this important and undercatalogued West Indies error.


 
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