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Auction: 15USA - The William H. Gross Collection
Lot: 50

S.G. #14b, 1861 4p Pale bright blue ""Wood Block"", a most impressive appearing example of this rare shade, boasting margins of enormous size all around, deep rich color and a strong impression on bright paper, just a trace of a crease and a small flaw at right, extremely fine appearance; one of the few surviving large-margined examples; 1964 RPS certificate (as pale milky blue); ex-Amundsen, Sir Maxwell Joseph and ""Salisbury"" (Scott #9b; $3, Estimate US$ 1,100-1,400

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