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Auction: 11031 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface-Printed Issues
Lot: 583

1880 (1 January) "Provisional" Issue One Penny Stamps 1d. Venetian red printed on bluish paper with Watermark Orb intended for the 1d. inland revenue stamp, CJ, lightly cancelled and hinged on piece with London 17 March 1881 duplex; the unique example first discovered in 1968 and the basis for the S.G. Catalogue listing. B.P.A. Certificate (1991). See S.G. Spec. K3 footnote Estimate £ 10,000-12,000 Note: The stamp was printed in error on a sheet of the bluish tinged paper intended for the 1d. Inland Revenue stamp, which was first issued on Orb watermarked paper in January 1881. provenance: E.A. Johnston, December 1979 Phillips, September 1991

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