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FINE. A SOUND ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE RAREST STAMP OF MARTINIQUE AND ONE OF THE RAREST STAMPS IN ALL OF FRENCH COLONIES.
Only 25 examples of this stamp were printed. Some were used and some have been undoubtedly lost to philately forever. In our research on this stamp, we have examined important French Colonies sales of the past to see how this example compares. In several cases (such as the Rolfe Wyer Collection), the stamp is missing altogether. The examples we have found invariably are without gum, have toning and/or faults. We could only locate one other original gum copy that can compare to the Markowitz example.
Signed A. Brun and Roumet. With 2014 J.F. Brun certificate. Yvert €18,000 (Image)
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VERY FINE. A HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE KEY RARITIES OF MARTINIQUE.
Only 50 were printed, and far fewer than that exist today.
Ex Gibralter, Gross and Wyer. Signed Maury and Calves. With 1998 Behr certificate. Yvert €13,000 (Image)
VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE AND SPECTACULAR ERROR.
Signed Roumet. With clear 2002 A.P.S. certificate. Yvert €3,640. Scott Retail as hinged (Image)
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