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Auction: 11025 - Dr. Robert Towers Collection of British Empire
Lot: 468

New South Wales 1851-55 Laureated imperforate issue collection, comprising 1d. (5 with a horizontal pair, two cancelled "43" or "56", and two forgeries), 2d. Plate I (23 with a horizontal pair showing double impression, and three examples on covers), 2d. Plate II (4 with a horizontal pair), 2d. Plate III (5, one with "wales" partly covered), 3d. (3), 6d. (3, one with "walls" variety (repaired) on 1854 entire from Sydney to London), 8d. (4), and 1854 watermarked 1d. (9 with two pairs, one including "wale"), 2d. (13, one with "wale" partly covered) and 3d. (11); condition varies throughout with some fine examples. Viewing recommended Estimate £ 1,000-1,200

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