The Philatelic Collection formed by Sir Gawaine Baillie, Bt. Volume X: British Empire Part two and Sperati Forgeries of the World

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Lot 449
  • 449

1907-10 Small ‘PAPUA’ Watermark sideways Perforation 12½ 6d. black and myrtle-green, S.G.70,

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Description

rich colour, original gum. VERY RARE. Peter Holcombe Certificate 1991

Provenance

Howard and Torie Gibralter 2000

Catalogue Note

All stamps from this printing were scheduled to be overprinted ‘O S’ for use by Government departments. However, two sheets of 30 escaped the overprinting, of which far fewer have survived