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  • Lot# : 671 Great Britain

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    1841: 2 d. blue, plate 4, vertical pair with variety: inverted watermark and cancelled with accountancy marking "3 ½ GROSCHEN" used in the foreign branch of the London chief office on unpaid foreign mail to Prussia (sample lettersheet attached), lower stamp with light horizontal crease. Rare as a watermark variety but a unique obliteration on the 1841 2 d., according to the Karl Louis card index register only one other adhesive stamp (1847, 1 s. green) is recorded showing the "3 ½ GROSCHEN" accountancy marking used as cancellation. Cert. Karl Louis BBP (1999) SG = £ 1'700 for inverted watermark variety only.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF