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Lot# : 4646 Great Britain
1876 (July): Unissued 8 d. purple-brown, Plate 1, wmk. Large Garter inverted, lettered AA, an imperforate Imprimatur, corner marginal from top left of sheet with Current Number "503" at top and part imprint '(PE)NCE.' at left, of fresh colour and fine, large part og. Superb and rare, just 42 stamps were removed from the Imprimatur sheet Gi J91 = £ 12'000.rnProvenance: Harmer, Rooke & Co. Auction, 18/19 Oct. 1951, lot 218; Phillips, London, 7 April 1994, lot 301.Starting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : 5,000 CHF