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Lot# 20419 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20419 Victoria

    Stamp Duty 1884/96: Stamp Duty, typographed from electrotype 1 d. stamp-sized imperforate progressive Die Proof in green on wove paper from the 1880 design, struck prior to the letters "C" and "E" being inserted in the upper corners. Just two examples are recorded in this colour. Rare and very fine.rnProvenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, Geneva, 27 Nov 1980, lot 2264; Harmers, London, 30 June-1 July 1982, lot 1847; Collection Richard Stevenson, RL, London, 6 April 2006, lot 1373.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF