Lot 400
Malaya BMA SG 15-16, 18 collection










The Academic Collection | Part 4 | S24025
Auction: 16 December 2024 at 10:30 GMT
£900
Description
1945-8 $1, $2 and $5 purple and orange collection on exhibition sheets (postal history removed). Includes $1 lower half-sheet from the first printing, complete sheet from the second printing and four other mint multiples including three Plate blocks; $2 lower half-sheet from the first printing, and two other Plate blocks; $5 purple and orange lower half-sheet and further multiples, including a Plate block from the printing with the smeary head and a further block used on piece. The large pieces all show the notch in oval at R7/1 and the prominent dot behind the ear on R6/7, a fine group, ex Cockburn with his detailed write-up. SG 15-16, 18










