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Auction: 1027 - Autumn Collector's Series
Lot: 207

Great Britain King George V 1911-12 Downey Head 1912 Watermark Imperial Crown; 1d. scarlet-vermilion, watermark upright, unmounted mint block of six (3x2) from the right of the sheet with horizontal interpanneau margin, a few light wrinkles in the margin, fine and rare. Only one other block of this extremely rare shade (so-called "geranium") known and this has now been split up. Brandon Certificate (2008). N11(6), £10,200+. Photo Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 provenance: Alcock

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