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Lot# 10025 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 10025 Great Britain

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    1840, Paper and Gum Trials, small piece, 26mm x 41mm, endorsed in manuscript "og" [ordinary], "17lbs", and "La Po." [large Post], light thinning largely at right and horizontal crease near top, clear of notations, otherwise a fine and desirable trial. Gi. DP20G = £3,500+.rnRemark: For similar "Specimens of Paper tried during the latter part of 1840 to test the efficiency of the gum on a thinner paper" see; N.P.M. London, Phillips Collection, volume III, pages 22 and 23.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF