Lot 203
St Vincent Revenue £25 on 5s Lilac Unique!

Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | 5954
Auction: 21 November 2023 at 09:30 GMT
£3,360
Description
1893-95 'Twenty-five/ Pounds' on 5s lilac, fine used with light ms cancellation dated '6.10.93'. A great rarity of West Indies Revenue Philately, which was missing from the great Jaffe collection, is unlisted in Pierce et al, and is almost certainly the sole surviving example of the 15 which ever existed. The stamp of record (Ex Medlicott), illustrated in McClellan and Barefoot. McClellan R49

