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The purchase price payable by the buyer will be the sum of the final bid and a commission of 18% of the final bid (“buyer’s premium”), together with any sales tax, use tax or customs duties due on the sale.
拍項 1002 福克蘭群島
Falkland Islands, 1933, 3p, 4p, 9p, and 5sh Centenary, Photographic Essays. Five essays consisting of the 3p, 4p, 9p, and two 5sh, each affixed to card measuring approximately 114 x 189mm, three lower values in horizontal format with hole punch to card at top, each hand-colored, all but 9p with pencil notation "Stamp accepted but color altered, Proof by G. Roberts, Falkland Islands 1933", 9p value was unadopted and with pencil notation "Not accepted, Proof by G. Roberts, Falkland Islands 1933" VERY FINE AND UNIQUE GROUP OF FIVE HAND-COLORED PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS OF THE 1933 CENTENARY ISSUE. ALL WERE ACQUIRED BY MAJOR SPAFFORD DIRECTLY FROM GEORGE ROBERTS -- THE DESIGNER OF THE ISSUE. Of the twelve values chosen for this Centenary issue, eleven were designs from George Roberts. A 9p value was created and depicted a "River of Stones" but was ultimately rejected. A decision was made that a 9p value was not necessary but chose a 6p value instead which ultimately became a Fin Whale design. Illustrated in Spafford The 1933 Centenary Issue of the Falkland Islands (p. 54-55). Ex Major Spafford
(app. 4329 EUR)