Auction: 11031 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface-Printed Issues
Lot: 199
Six Pence 1856 (21 October) Specimens 1856 (3 Oct.) Post Office Notice headed "new kind of sixpenny postage label." bearing 6d. lilac overprinted "specimen" Type 4, with wing-margin (straight-edge) at right. Fresh and fine Estimate £ 600-800
Sold for
£1,000
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