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Auction: 11031 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface-Printed Issues
Lot: 115

Four Pence 1855 (31 July) Imprimaturs Plate 1: Deep carmine on thick, glazed, blued paper, top left corner stamp showing the plate number and part of the margin inscription; Natural crease in the margin and minute surface imperfections. A stunning and highly important positional item unique in private hands.. Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 The other two corner imprimaturs are in the National Postal Museum (top right) and the Royal Collection (lower left). provenance: The Earl of Crawford Major K.M. Beaumont, December 1965 Gerald E. Wellburn, December 1976 Dr. Douglas Latto, October 1992

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£17,000