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Auction: 11031 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface-Printed Issues
Lot: 31

Two and a Half Pence 1876 (1 May) Watermark Orb Specimens 2 1/2d. rosy mauve, Plate 5, ML handstamped "specimen" Type 9 and affixed to plain official envelope (Coat of Arms on flap) and tied by the experimental trial cancellation numeral "1" with "ap" in the datestamp; unusual. This cancellation was never put into use Estimate £ 400-500 provenance: John O. Griffiths, February 1981

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