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Auction: 15023 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2083

(x) Great Britain
Private Telegraph Companies
Electric Telegraph Company
1861 Continental service; 4/- die proof in black on India paper on soft card (80 x 118mm) with additional value tablets for 3d., 8/- and 18d.; engraved by Jeans. A few minor tone spots and surface rub at foot, well clear of the designs. A rare and important telegraph proof. Photo

provenance: A.J. Lowe, November 1990

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Sold for
£1,800