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Auction: 11035 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain King Edward VII Essays, Proofs & Issued Stamps
Lot: 120

Two Pence 1910 Unissued Tyrian Plum Prepared For Use But Not Issued Tyrian plum lower right corner example with full sheet margins and showing colour dot in right margin, lovely fresh colour and with very large part original gum, the stamp itself with the merest trace of a previous mount; tiny mark on King´s cheek and with small tear in margin at foot, nevertheless surely one of the finest examples of this exceptionally rare stamp being the only corner marginal example in private hands and one of the rarest stamps of this reign. A wonderful showpiece. B.P.A. Certificate (1964). S.G. Spec. M14, £100,000 Estimate £ 60,000-70,000 provenance: Stanley Gibbons, March 1972

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£85,000