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Auction: 11031 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface-Printed Issues
Lot: 24

Two and a Half Pence 1875 (1 July) Watermark Anchor Stamps 2 1/2d. rosy mauve, Plate 1, AL on lightly blued paper, with corner sheet margin and additional margin showing the plate number, handstamped "postage 2 1/2d" in blue, some double perfs. in the top margin which have been reinforced, one with piece of stamp margin, the stamp remaining unmounted mint. A fine and desirable positional piece. S.G. S.G. 138, £750 Estimate £ 500-600 provenance: Maximus, February 1970

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£900