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Lot# 3076 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 3076 Great Britain

    1860: Prepared for use but not issued: 1½ d. rosy mauve on blued paper (Ivory Head), lettered AD, an imperforate Imprimatur, marginal from top of sheet with imprint '(S)heet. Place the' above. Removed small stain, fresh and very fine. Rare: only 38 stamps were taken from the Imprimatur sheet Gi = £ 11'000.rnProvenance: Collection Laycock, Robson Lowe, London, 18 March 1953, lot 308; Phillips, London, 26 Oct 1995, lot 256; Phillips, London, 7 Dec 1995, lot 224.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF