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Auction: 15USA - The William H. Gross Collection
Lot: 60

S.G. #22, 1863 1p Deep carmine red, on watermarked Crown and ""CC"" paper, a spectacular mint square pair of this trial printing rarity, being one of just a few pairs recorded, which is also the largest known multiple, large margins all around, sumptuously rich color and a deeply etched impression on especially bright paper, large part o.g., just the barest suggestion of a small thin spot of no importance, still extremely fine; one of the premier exhibition pieces of Cape of Good Hope philately and one of the highlights of the William H. Gross Collection of British Empire rarities; 1980 RPS certificate; ex-Sir Henry Tucker, ""Salisbury"" and Indhusophon (Scott #12a fo Estimate US$ 28,000-35,000

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