£3950.00
Bahamas 1919 (14 July) 'WAR TAX' (type 14 overprint by De La Rue) ½d green, 1d carmine and 1s grey-black and carmine, IMPERFORATE PROOFS on gummed watermarked paper, SG102/4.
Very fine mint condition, the ½d in horizontal pair, the 1d and 1s in blocks of four, fresh with large part original gum. The lower pairs of blocks are unmounted.
A unique and spectacular group of printer proofs with excellent provenance, from the original blocks of 6. Ex Ludington (Spink Nov 1999, lots 1353, 1354, 1356, where it realised £3277 + VAT, 21 years ago).
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