Lot 31978 – 1916-23 De La Rue Seahorses 2s 6d (deep) sepia-brown mint showing overprint treble two albino

1916-23 De La Rue Seahorses 2s 6d (deep) sepia-brown mint showing overprint treble two albino, with the albino impressions respectively 5mm and 12.5 mm below the inked opt and almost in line, one of only four such recorded examples in private hands being R2/2 from the reconstructed block illustrated on p.79 of Buckingham’s book which emanates from a sheet in this rare shade included in a batch later than the first received in Nauru

Provenance: Ex Buckingham (Grosvenor 28/2/2006 lot 898)

Expertise: Cert. Brandon (2006)