OTHER BRITISH AFRICA / FOREIGN AFRICA
Aden to Egypt
ASCENSION
AA3351
1949 KGVI 1½d, perf. 14, black and rose-carmine. Complete sheet of 60 plates '1 1' and imprint in margin. Showing all the major and minor plate flaws: 'Cut mast and railings' (row3/1), 'Davit', state 2 (row 5/1), doubling of right frame-line (row4/1), large black dot in lower margin (row 4/3) and 'Medallion re-entry' (row 5/6). Superb unmounted and an uncommon survivor. SG 40d, 40da, 40db and vars.
£275