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Auction: 11025 - Dr. Robert Towers Collection of British Empire
Lot: 467

New South Wales Sydney Views The balance of the issue comprising 1d. Plate I (6), 1d. Plate II (7 with two on one piece, a double impression, also a Jeffreys forgery), 2d. Plate I (4), 2d. Plate II horizontal pair), 2d. Plate III (5), 2d. Plate IV on wove paper (2, one with no clouds), 2d. Plate IV on laid paper (3, one with no clouds and one "penoe"), 2d. Plate V and 3d. (4, one on 1853 entire letter from Sydney to Ireland showing framed "too late" additionally tying the stamp), mainly with four margins; some faults in places though with some of fine appearance Estimate £ 1,200-1,500

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