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Auction: 11033 - Autumn Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1752

Mauritius Issued Stamps 1858-62 Britannia Issues No value, blue neatly cancelled by large part strike of "cancelled" obliterator, just clear to small margins and unused without gum; 3mm. scissor-cut at foot otherwise sound. Brandon Certificate (1997). S.G. 30, £14,000. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 Note: In August 1861 the printers, Perkins, Bacon & Co., provided six examples of each stamp in their possession to Ormond Hill (eldest son of Sir Rowland Hill) for members of his family. These fascinating stamps and the story behind their appearance, have been fully described by Peter Jaffé in his book "Cancelled". This stamp is from position 6 in the vertical block of six. provenance: Peter Jaffé, January 2007

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