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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1150

1840 One Penny Black Plate X Used KD-LE block of four in a slightly greyish shade on the thin paper, very close to very large margins and cancelled by four, slightly smudged strikes of the black Maltese Cross; light vertical crease at left. A extremely rare multiple from this plate, being one of only three recorded by us Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 provenance: Col. W.J. Ross-Hunt, July 1955

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