Ended on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 at 02:00.

British Military Post in WWII: 1942 Middle East Forces - NAIROBI OVERPRINT: Fou

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Start of the sale:
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 at 07:25
Item n°1859804541
Sale ends:
Tuesday, 17 October 2023 at 02:00
Lot:
#03422
Catalogue:
CG - 57. Auction - Day 2 - 17. Oct. 2023 - Single Lots Asia/Overseas/Europe

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British Military Post in WWII

1942 Middle East Forces - NAIROBI OVERPRINT: Four complete sheets of 60, even one of 1d. scarlet, 2d. orange, 2½d. ultramarine and 3d. violet, each with bottom sheet margin (!) and with square stops (overprint) in rows 2, 3 and 7, with round stops else, each sheet mint never hinged and signed by M. Raybaudi and/or A. Diena, few stamps with little brownish dots on back otherwise fresh and fine. There are only two complete sheets of every value known to exist, and the sheets offered are THE ONLY SHEETS KNOWN WITH SHEET MARGIN AT BOTTOM. (The sheets were overprinted in Nairobi and carried by airplane to Asmara, Eritrea. For weight reasons the sheet margins were separated from the sheets, usually.) (The fifth value (5d.) is known in largest multiple of 30 = half a sheet).

Condition: ** (mint never hinged)

Catalog number(s): 10II-13II, (SG M6-M9 a,b)

Sales conditions

See the terms and conditions of the Auction House Fee for buyer : 23.80 %

Auction house

Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG

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British Military Post in WWII: 1942 Middle East Forces - NAIROBI OVERPRINT: Fou

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