used Block of Four 1914 (24 Sept.) wide setting, lines 3mm. apart, 10pf. carmine block of four, variety overprint tête-bêche in vertical pairs, the lower right stamp showing wider spaced "GO" in "TOGO", twice cancelled by light Lome c.d.s. (4.10.14); the top left stamp with light wrinkle. Very fine, a showpiece of the War stamp issues of Togo. Two of the ten known pairs with the tête-bêche overprint that can exist. Holcombe Certificate (1989). S.G. H3b, £15,000+. Photo

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used Block of Four 1914 (24 Sept.) wide setting, lines 3mm. apart, 10pf. carmine block of four, variety overprint tête-bêche in vertical pairs, the lower right stamp showing wider spaced "GO" in "TOGO", twice cancelled by light Lome c.d.s. (4.10.14); the top left stamp with light wrinkle. Very fine, a showpiece of the War stamp issues of Togo. Two of the ten known pairs with the tête-bêche overprint that can exist. Holcombe Certificate (1989). S.G. H3b, £15,000+. Photo

Provenance

The Marquess of Bute, 1959

Literature

G.R.I. The Postage Stamps of the German Colonies occupied by the British 1914-18 by Robert M. Gibbs, pp. 175-176

Special notice

VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.