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Auction: 11026 - The Chartwell Collection - British Empire
Lot: 100

Mauritius 1859 J. Lapirot Issue Intermediate Impressions 2d. blue upper left corner horizontal pair, [1-2], uncancelled, full sheet margins at top and left, very large margins on the other two sides; some ink offset from an endorsement on reverse, central horizontal crease and small degree of thinning in top margin, nevertheless of fresh bright colour and surely the largest-margined pair in existence. S.G. 38, £12,000+ Estimate £ 1,500-2,000 provenance: H.P. Manus, Sale 5, March 1933

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