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Auction: 11031 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface-Printed Issues
Lot: 336

Ten Pence 1867 (11 November) Printed in Error on Paper with Watermark Emblems 10d. red-brown Plate 1 abnormal, HL, well-centred and with a fine and neat strike of the Constantinople "C" barred oval; a few slightly clipped perfs. at right and a folded corner perf. An extremely fresh and fine example of this great rarity which shows exceptional colour and must surely be one of the finest recorded examples. S.G. 99, £45,000 Estimate £ 20,000-25,000 Note: Of the fourteen recorded examples nine are used in Constantinople. Three are in institutional collections, The Royal Collection, the British Library and National Postal Museum. Several examples are with faults provenance: ´Maximus´, November 1970

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