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Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 290

Ceylon 1885 (Jan.-Mar.) Surcharges Watermark Crown CA, perf. 14 5c. on 8c. orange-yellow, variety surcharge inverted and showing constant variety "cdnts" for "cents" (R. 4/1), crossed by two pen strokes and lightly cancelled with "A" obliterator, some very minor thins. A unique and most desirable variety. R.P.S. Certificate (1938). S.G. 179a var, £2250+. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-3,000 provenance: Baron de Worms, June 1938 Frederic Harris, November 1952

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