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Auction: 11031 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface-Printed Issues
Lot: 193

Six Pence 1856 (21 October) Imprimaturs 6d. deep lilac on blue, glazed paper, Plate 1, upper left corner example showing the plate number and part margin inscription, usual crease in the top margin and some adherences in the side margin. A fine and unique in private hands Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 The other two corner plate number examples are held in the National Postal Museum and in the Royal Collection 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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