Sale 1159 — 2017 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 June, 2017
Category — Worldwide Stamps and Covers, Great Britain
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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
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344°
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GREAT BRITAIN, 1902, 1sh Carmine Rose & Green, Board of Education Official, "Specimen" Overprint (O71S; SG O87s; SG Specialised MO27s). Original gum, bright colorsVERY FINE. A CHOICE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1902 ONE-SHILLING BOARD OF EDUCATION OFFICIAL.
The King Edward VII One-Shilling Board of Education is one of the rarest of all the Departmental issues, currently carrying a Stanley Gibbons catalogue value of £200,000. Examples with Specimen overprints are rarities in their own right, with only a tiny number known.
With 1973 and 1989 B.P.A. certificates. SG Specialised value
£ 38,000
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