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Bidboard # 1973
Lot # 382
Catalogue Value or Estimate: $337.50
Current Bid: $110
Rhodesia # 138a Fiscal Use

F/VF fiscally-used (perfin/punch cancel) pair of the £1.00 high-value George V Rhodesian Admiral (Die III, perf 14). Scott list the Die III version of this stamp as "magenta and black", with a catalogue value of US$2500.00 for the pair. Gibbons goes into more detail on Die III, listing shades of "bright purple, deep purple, deep violet and violet-indigo" (at £700-£800 per stamp). The owner has conservatively catalogued these stamps at 10% of value for fiscal use, making this an excellent opportunity to complete the Rhodesian Admirals in your collection at a fraction of the catalogue value. Estimated catalogue value US$250.00 =