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Auction: 15USA - The William H. Gross Collection
Lot: 55

S.G. #14c, 1861 4p Deep bright blue ""Wood Block"", a remarkably choice example of this distinctive color, with large to enormous margins all around, sensationally deep rich color, lightly tied to an undated redirected folded letter, addressed to P.O. George, redirected to a Kraal in the Division of Sukes, showing an indistinct red oval handstamp of ""Kynsna"", extremely fine; undoubtedly one of the finest 4p Deep bright blue ""Wood Blocks"" on or off cover; 1990 BPA certificate; ex-Dale-Lichtenstein, ""Samos"" and ""Salisb Estimate US$ 14,400-18,000

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