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Unmounted mint strip of five, cert. BPA (1979)
History: Christie’s 25th May 1995 lot 2017 est. £2’000-2’500; Grosvenor 7th-8th March 2012 realised £9’000+commission; Grosvenor Sep 20th, 2017 est. £10’000 (unsold); for sale by Deverell MacGregor for £4’750 (2023).
Mint horizontal strip of five, re-enforced perfs between one pair and natural bends, cert. RPS (1953)
History: Cavendish 5th December 2012 lot 226 est. £500 realised £1’400 plus commission; Cherrystone Nov 1-2, 2017 lot 319 estimate $10’000
History: Burrus 20th May 1964 lot 27; “The Postage Stamps and Postal History of the Levant, Cyprus, Gibraltar and Malta”, Phillips London, Nov 1988, lot 475, sold £1’250.
One stamp mint n.h.; signed Bloch, cert. Fiecchi (1953) and BPA (2020).
History: David Feldman Dec 2023, lot 30295, unsold £3’000-4’000
Note: A mint block of four was sold in the Hind sale, May 1st 1934
The 1887 Jubilee Issue 