Lot# 4519 - Auction 284 - 290
Auction 284 - 290
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Lot# : 4519 Great Britain
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1840: 2 d. bright blue, Plate 1, lettered MG, an unused example with clear to large margins all round, of excellent colour, variety "Watermark Inverted", fresh and very fine but regummed. An extremely rare stamp in the foremost quality for this variety in unused condition. An Exhibition item. BPA cert. (1987) stating "unused" not mentioning any gum Gi DS6Aa = £ 80'000 / Gi 5Wi = £ 60'000. rnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons 14 May 1987, lot 221.1 / 1Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : 9,000 CHF -
