Lot 343
Kuwait SG 69a in pair with normal used

The Academic Collection | Part 5 | S25008
Auction: 21 May 2025 at 10:30 BST
Estimate: £2,000 - £2,500
Description
1948 3a on 3d pale violet vertical pair used, the lower stamp with the variety ‘surcharge albino’, with only faint inked traces visible on the face. Believed to be R19-20/1 from one of the few affected sheets, of which only two pairs survived in used condition; the other pair (ex Donaldson, with only the value unprinted), was offered in the first Academic sale. BPA Certificate (1958), not recognising that this is an albino print; ‘…. the overprint on the lower stamp being only partly printed….’ Ex Rossi. SG 69a, £5000

