No Longer Available - MALAYA - B.M.A. 1945 SG13ab/ad Mint unmounted KGVI 25c ordinary paper error Overprint Double

Stock Code: P223010035

1945-48 25c dull purple and scarlet, ordinary paper, block of 20 (10x2) being rows three and four of the sheet with side margins, stamps 1, 2 and 10 in each row showing ERROR OPT DOUBLE, and the remaining stamps all showing "Opt double, one albino", o.g. (columns 2-9 unmounted except for trace of hingeing on stamps 5 & 6 in upper row). The stamps in columns 4-9 also show traces of an offset opt on the face. Some folded vertical perfs and insignificant traces of gum toning, not affecting superb appearance. A magnificent showpiece of the highest importance and rarity, almost certainly the largest surviving multiple from the one sheet that existed (as described by Patrick Kearney and Andrew Norris in the Malayan Philatelist, Vol. 24 (1983), pp 67 and 80-1), especially desirable as demonstrating the full extent of the error across the sheet. [Most extant examples of the double opt have long since been broken down into smaller blocks and strips]. Clear BPA cert (2007) not mentioning the traces of gum toning and stating "full original gum".

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