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Auction: 11026 - The Chartwell Collection - British Empire
Lot: 29

Canada 1851 Twelve Pence Black On Laid Paper 12d black on laid paper, rich colour, sharp impression and bright fresh appearance, large margins on the horizontal sides with the vertical sides lacking just the outer framelines or with the design just touched, neatly cancelled with a large part strike of a target cancellation. A very collectable example of this legendary classic rarity. S.G. 4, £85,000 Estimate £ 15,000-20,000 Note: This stamp was originally in the famous Dale Lichtenstein collection. When offered in this remarkable series of auctions the stamp was the right-hand stamp of a horizontal pair, from which it has subsequently been severed provenance: Dale Lichtenstein, Sale 2, November 1968

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£8,000