Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1

Overprinted at the British Residency, Bushire 1915 (Sept 11): Setting VI. Coronation 5 kr. slate, sepia & silver, position 5, the famous used example showing variety "Inverted Overprint", neatly cancelled by "Bouchir (Depart) cds (Sept 19) in black. Fresh colour and very fine but for hinge thin at top which does not affect the appearance, just two examples are recorded: the other (position 4) is housed in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and is illustrated in Wilson on the colour plate XII. Believed unique in private hands, a magnificent stamp for the philatelic connoisseur. Cert. BPA (1983) Gi = £ 30'000.rnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 20 May 1959, lot 192; Collection Bob Gibbs, Corinphila sale 74, March 1987, lot 4078.