NAURU 1916-23 5d yellow-brown variety, SG9b var

NAURU 1916-23 5d yellow-brown variety, SG9b varNauru 1916 23 5d yellow brown, type 1 overprint, DOUBLE OVERPRINT ONE ALBINO (with the albino impression mm to left and 1mm below the inked overprint) and exceptionally showing variety 'Short left stroke to N' (R1 8), from 'H16' printing, SG9b var. A fresh and fine mint example with large part original gum. Exceptionally rare as one of only two possible with this combination of varieties. Provenance: Ex Keith Buckingham (Grosvenor 28 2 2006, lot 827).

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue price for this set is £425

and are now held in three major collections at Harvard University

Photos of the Stones in their early years are highly sought after

CEYLON 1859 2s dull blue

and Ali's anti-war stance saw him cast as a hero to millions of Americans on the political left

before expanding into money order services in the 1880s and becoming one of the world's biggest financial institutions

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Washington's autograph is particularly fine and demonstrates his flourishing

position 2 on the sheet with generally large margins

A very fine and fresh unmounted mint example with full original gum

SG Catalogue Price: £6