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Auction: 12021 - The Chartwell Collection - GB Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps and Covers - Part IV
Lot: 29

Great Britain
Pre-Stamp Essays
1840-41 Later Essays
Charles Whiting: Prince Albert Head; embossed essay of bust facing left on a grey-purple background showing a fraction of the word "london" below; mounted on sheet of full scrap paper with the inscription written on reverse, "at Sixpence a Quire of 24 Sheets or One Farthing for sheet". The sheet has been folded to show the essay to best advantage. A photograph of a second example has been hinged alongside. Rare

Estimate
£6,000 to £8,000