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Lot# 6008 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 6008 Cape of Good Hope

    Perkins Bacon PrintingsrnWe have done our best to describe and attribute the stamps offered here in line with the Stanley Gibbons catalogue numbers. There were some 12 different printings of the 1d. value alone and both the shades and the degree of blueing can alter over the years.rnrn1853 (July): 1 d. pale brick-red on blued paper, an unused example with good to large margins all round, of good colour, fresh and fine and of excellent appearance, without gum Gi = £ 4'500.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF