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Auction: 154 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 705

#MR3, 1917 "WAR STAMP/1½d" surcharge on 2½d Ultramarine, a highly elusive used example of this key stamp, bright color, neat datestamp confined to the lower right, very fine and rare; while it is believed that 420 copies of this rejected surcharge were sold, in fact very few were indeed used; 1986 RPS certificate (S.G. #55; £2,000).


Sold for
$800