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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1305

1854-61 Perforated One Penny Red-Brown 1854 First Official Perforated Issue Imprimaturs Reserve Plates R1-R6, AK in a matched set of six in shades of deep to dark red-brown, each with top margin, other margins generally good to fine, most with quite blued paper; pencil numbers in the margin. A fine and desirable set. (6) Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 21 stamps were removed from each imprimatur sheet, R1-4 AA-AL, IK-IL, JG-JL and TL (Royal collection); R5 AA-AL, IG-IL, and TL; R6 AA-AL, GK-GL, HG-HL and TL

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