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Auction: 11026 - The Chartwell Collection - British Empire
Lot: 25

Bermuda 1875 "One Penny." Provisionals Owing to a lack of a proper check on quantities of stamps remaining in the Colonial Treasury, exactly one year after the 3d. Provisionals appeared, the stock of the 1d. value was found to be exhausted. A new supply was immediately ordered from England though for a second time it was found necessary to produce a provisional issue. The printing was once again carried out by the Government printer, Mr. Dee McPhee Lee of the "Royal Gazette". Much of the type employed was worn and many examples of damaged letters are to be found "One Penny." on 1/- green, a block of nine of fresh bright colour, unused with large part original gum; the upper right and lower left stamps with faults though of generally fine appearance and an exceptionally rare multiple with no blocks larger than nine surcharged on this value believed to exist. S.G. 17, £4,500+ Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance: Sir Henry Tucker, Sale 1, October 1978

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£5,500