Lot 77
Ceylon SG 158a 1885 5c on 64c surcharge double used




Stamps of Asia & The Middle East including The Sura Collection Part III | S26007
Auction: 31 March 2026 10:30 GMT
Description
1885 5c on 64c red-brown, local surcharge type 21, error surcharge double, fine used appearance with neat part numeral cancel, Plate as pos. 4 in the row of 12, with distinctive ‘’broken ampersand''. Characteristic centring (and trivial traces of toning on reverse), still choice quality for this rarity of which few are recorded. RPS Cert. (1930) SG 158a
Footnote
Ex Baron de Worms (Harmer 20/6/2938, Lot 775)




