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Auction: 11031 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface-Printed Issues
Lot: 142

Four Pence 1865 (5 July) Watermark Large Garter Imprimaturs 4d. vermilion, Plates 7 to 14, the set of eight each lettered AK with top margin showing the plate number; Plate 7 with small repair in the margin; fresh and fine. An extraordinary and unique set in private hands with the added attraction of all being from the top margin Estimate £ 12,000-15,000 Note: The other plate number examples are in the Royal Collection provenance: The Earl of Crawford Colonel A.S. Bates, December 1934 Major K.M. Beaumont, December 1965 Dr. Douglas Latto, October 1992

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