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Lot# 3276 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 3276 Great Britain

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    1887 (Jan 1): 3 d. purple on yellow, shades, an unused single, horizontal pair and a vertical strip of three, all from Plate 3, showing the lower left corner stamp of the left sheet (Row 20, Stamp 1) with "Displaced Cliché" variety with the outer frame line at left buckled inwards, the strip in an early State, the single stamp in a later State with greater damage and the pair with much of the damage repaired, imperfections but largely fresh and fine, large part og. A very scarce group Gi K32h = unpriced.rnrnProvenance: Collection Jeffrey K. Weiss, RL, London, 17 Dec 1996, ex lot 129.rnrnNote: These frame flaws lead De La Rue to introduce the "Jubilee Lines" to protect the Plates from damage on the Press.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF