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Lot# 4053 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 4053 Great Britain

    1841: 2 d. blue on blued paper, pl. 4, lettered CE, an unused example with good to large margins all round, a bit erratic at right, showing the major Re-entry prominent on the TWO PENCE value tablet at base, of good colour and fine large part og. A very rare stamp unused - the Karl Louis Index records just four unused examples of this stamp with the CE re-entry, one of which is housed in the National Postal Museum Gi 14 = £ 6`250 / ES14b = unpriced.rnProvenance: RL, London, 28 March 1956, lot 316; Phillips, London, 12 Oct 1989, lot 198.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF