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Auction: 1013 - The Alexander Reid Collections of Antiqua, Cayman islands and Ceylon
Lot: 47

Ceylon 1857-59 White Paper, Watermark Star, Imperforate Issued Stamps 6d. deep brown with good to large margins on three sides, cut-into at top, unused with part original gum, good colour, fine. Very rare, Pearson only records eight unused examples, most of which have defects. B.P.A. Certificate (1987). S.G. 6b, £12,000. Photo Estimate £ 4,000-6,000 provenance: Spink auction, March 2005

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