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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1282

1841 Two Pence Blue Plate 3 TL, imprimatur in deep blue showing the plate number and part marginal inscription, very large margins. An outstanding and superb example of this imprimatur with lovely rich, fresh colour, and the only plate number example in private hands. A proof of the upmost importance Estimate £ 20,000-25,000 23 stamps were removed from the imprimatur sheet, AL (Royal collection), SC-SL and TA (National Postal Museum) - TL provenance: AL; Earl of Crawford Colonel A.S. Bates, December 1934

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£35,000