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Auction: 11031 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface-Printed Issues
Lot: 35

Two and a Half Pence 1880 (5 February) Watermark Orb Imprimaturs 2 1/2d. blue, Plate 18 PB, Plate 19 PB and Plate 20 AK each with the plate number in the margin, large part original gum. A rare set and unique in private hands Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 Note: The other plate number examples are in the Royal Collection provenance: The Earl of Crawford, Colonel A.S. Bates, December 1934, Major K.M. Beaumont, December 1965 Dr. Douglas Latto, October 1992

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