Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 1227
Great Britain Line Engraved Proofs and Essays 1912 reprint in rose-carmine of Perkins, Bacon trial sheet of engine-turned backgrounds which includes the pattern for the background of the first postage stamps. Fresh and fine. Photo Estimate £ 500-600
Sold for
£700
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