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Auction: 15023 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2085

(x) Great Britain
Private Telegraph Companies
Electric Telegraph Company
1857-69 Director's Message; G.P. Bidder in black on blue paper, serial number "109", large part original gum. A good example of this rare stamp, it is thought that there are less than six examples in private hands. Ex A.J. Lowe, Hiscocks 60. Photo

Lithographed on thick, blue, unwatermarked paper in sheets of 100 by Waterlow & Sons. Imperforate.

provenance: W. Edgar, March 1990
A.J. Lowe, November 1990

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Sold for
£1,200