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Auction: 16030 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1845

Great Britain
1870 ½d. Plate 5: AA-GF, top left corner marginal block of forty-two (6 x 7) showing Plate number 5 in circle and marginal inscription "In Wetting the Back be careful not to remove the Cement", plus the adjacent vertical strip of eight (separated) lettered AG-HG; some oxidisation, a couple of minor perforation faults and gum cracking as usual for this issue. Full original gum and a spectacular block. S.G. 48/49, £5,500+. Photo

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£1,200