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Lot# 1700 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 1700 Great Britain

    1854: 6 d. mauve, an unused horizontal pair with shett margin at right, good margins with each stamp just shaved at base or top, of fresh colour and appearance, some minor stain spots on reverse of left hand stamp and minor vertical bend on right stamp, large part og. An attractive pair and an extraordinarily scarce stamp in a mint multiple Gi H3 = £ 36'000.rnrnProvenance: Phillips, London, 13 Dec 1991, lot 825; Christies, London, 10 June 1993, lot 2300; Collection Layton, Stanley Gibbons, London, 9 March 1995, lot 1226; Phillips, London, 3 April 1998, lot 446.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF