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Lot# 3416 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 3416 Great Britain

    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1, lettered TG, an imperforate Imprimatur from the second registration sheet (after hardening), ungummed on white wove paper, large margins all round. Rare and very fine. Remarkably the pendant TG from the first registration sheet is in the National Postal Museum's Phillips Collection, see vol III p. 9  Gi = £ 15'000.rnrnFirst or second registration sheet 24 examples taken from first. 23 from second.
    Starting bid : 6,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold