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Lot# 52 - Auction 298-307

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    1853 (July 1): First Perkins Bacon London printing 10 c. deep bright blue on blued paper, a used example, fault at upper right but with large margins on two sides and portion of adjoining stamp at base, showing "Ivory Head" variety, lightly cancelled by target handstamp in black; matched with a very definitive example of the first printing without Ivory Head, four margins and cancelled in manuscript - the first stamp with hand-written note by P.L. Pemberton stating "in the whole of the Walters collection which we bought there were only three specimens of this stamp, whereas there were upwards of 200 of the 5 c. lithographed...". A historic philatelic comment from one of the greatest of all 20th century philatelists.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF