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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1336

1854-61 Perforated One Penny Red-Brown 1857-63 White Paper Watermark Large Crown, Die II, Alphabet III Reserve Plate 17, in a pinkish rose-red shade, RA-TG corner block of twenty-one showing plate number and margin inscription, with full original gum; some perf. reinforcements. TA showing constant variety in T square. An important multiple from this scarce plate Estimate £ 300-500 This plate was completed in June 1855 and held in reserve until it was needed. The check letters are fairly distinctive

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