Lot 500
Nyasaland SG 141a block mint

The Academic Collection | Part 2 | 5963
Auction: 29 February 2024 at 10:00 GMT
£1,680
Description
1944 5/- green and red on pale yellow ordinary paper block of twenty, the four right columns of the sheet, with Plate and sheet numbers. Hinged on the selvedge with the stamps unmounted. SG 141a, £1900
Footnote
This block is significant because of the sheet number. It seems that, officially, no despatch of this stamp was ever made to the colony and we have no record of sheet numbers (which were only applied to sheets despatched to the colony) on this printing. A note on the page on which the block is mounted suggests that 'a few sheets were found at the end of the issue' r only

