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Auction: 11031 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface-Printed Issues
Lot: 236

Six Pence 1869 (8 March) Watermark Spray of Rose Stamps 6d. mauve abnormal Plate 10, QK, well-centred with a neat and central strike of London "SE/13" barred oval; a few clipped perfs. at top and left, vertical crease. An attractive and desirable example of this very rare abnormal of which only ten examples have been recorded. R.P.S. Certificate (1958) S.G. Spec. J78, £30,000 Estimate £ 8,000-10,000 Note: Of the ten recorded examples recorded, one is in the Royal Collection, one is in the British Library collection and another (on cover) is in the British Philatelic Museum provenance: ´Maximus´, November 1970

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