Lot 436
PALESTINE 1920 SG 31 block mint

Stamps and Covers of Asia & the Middle East | S25009
Auction: 2 September 2025 at 11:00 BST
£300
Description
1920 (Dec)-21 2m blue-green, type 5 opt perf 15x14, lower left corner block of 15, R18-20/1-5 on sheet with "upper pane" opt (R8-10/1-5), R19-20/1 exceptionally showing virtual omission of respectively the Hebrew and Arabic lines of the opt, o.g. (most stamps unmounted). Trivial gum bends (and marginal thin below R20/4), with neat annotations in left margin, nevertheless a spectacular and important multiple of great rarity. With enlarged illustrations of the variety pair. [See Part I footnote after SG 43. Bale 31A, 31C, priced for 50% omission. These are 80-90% omissions.]

