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Auction: 1013 - The Alexander Reid Collections of Antiqua, Cayman islands and Ceylon
Lot: 145

Ceylon 1883-98 Watermark Crown CA Trial perf. 12 2c. green, unused with traces of gum, a little soiled, fine. Very rare. R.P.S. Certificate (2006). S.G. 151a, £5000. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 Note: These trial perforations are very elusive and often missing from the important collections of Ceylon. The following list demonstrates their rarity. Arthur Hind (1934): 2c., 4c., 24c. and 36c. Baron de Worms (1938): 24c. Rear Admiral Harris (1952): 48c. Sir Ernest de Silva (1959): 4c. and 24c. Gordon Bailey (1962): 24c. and 48c. Dale Liechtenstein (1969): 2c. Isleham (1987): 24c. and 48c. William Frazer (2003): 2c D.J. Norris (2006): 2c. All the above references to the 2c. are the same stamp In addition the Royal collection: 2c. and 4c.

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