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Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 281

Ceylon 1885 (Jan.-Mar.) Surcharges Watermark Crown CC, perf. 14x12 1/2 10c. on 64c. red-brown vertical pair, Type IV of the setting, variety imperforate between and at foot, very fine unused without gum (as are all known examples). Extremely rare, one of six known examples, one of which is in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen. S.G. 174a, £3750. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 provenance: Baron de Worms, June 1938 Sir Ernest de Silva, January 1959 G.P. Bailey, May 1962

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