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  • Lot# : 3145 Great Britain

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    Abnormal 1869: Unissued 6 d. mauve, Plate 10, wmk. Spray, lettered AK, an imperforate Imprimatur, large margins all round, of gorgeous fresh colour and superb unmounted og. The adjoining stamps, AJ was in the Chartwell collection, AL is housed in th National Postal Museum. Rare and superb, just 22 stamps removed from the Imprimatur sheet Gi J78 = £ 20'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Lord Crawford, 'British Philatelist', Vol. VIIII, pages 70-74.rn                        Phillips, London, 12 March 1992, lot 563.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,000 CHF